noonaa

Definition: ask smb. to do some work, commission smb. [to do something], contract smb. [for a job], get smb. [to do some work], appoint smb. [to do something]

noonaa
>vta comm.
>1sIND nnoonaa;
>3sCCONJ enoonaat;
>2sIMP noosh; 1 ask smb. to do some work, commission smb. [to do something], contract smb. [for a job], get smb. [to do some work], appoint smb. [to do something]. Zhebaa gda-nooninaaba wii-oo-nakiiyin oodi gtigaaning, mii-sh zhaazhgo ni-gwetaanaateg, aabdeg dash go gwii-nankii maanda nongo giizhgak.
>This morning I asked you to go and work in the garden, now it’s getting too hot, but you still have to go and work today. PL1997.rn. Aanii-sh mii go miinwaa gii-noonaad wii-maajiibtoonid, wii-biimskobtwaadang miinwaa ki.
>Then he asked him (the deer) to start running, and run around the land again. SO1971.rs.
>Full-vowel form: [a]nooN.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Animate transitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n71433763317n
GKS Reference Number: 20594
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