nnaamdabi

Definition: sit a while, sit and sit, sit around
Body

nnaamdabi
>vai
comm.
>1sIND
nnaamdap;
>3sCCONJ
nenaamdabit; 1 sit a while, sit and sit, sit around. Gii-kawe-nnaamdabi zhiwi bkekna.
>So he stopped and sat down for a bit by the side of the road. FF1975.rs
. 2 sit (with plural subjects, especially first person plural). Niidgemaagan nnanaamdabmi biindig wiigwaaming.
>My wife and I sat inside the house. AM1937.rs
. Nnanaamdabmi maa miizhshkoonskaag, nnoondwaanaanig dash bneshiinyag ngamwaad.
>We (exc.) sat a while there in the grass, and we heard the birds singing. AM1937.rs
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>Grammar note:
This is a reduplicated form of the verb <nish>nmadbi</nish>.
>Full-vowel form:
[na]naamadabi.

Unique ID: n71433648324n
GKS Reference Number: 20449