penmo

Definition: be dependent, be helpless

penmo
>vai
>1sIND nda-penim;
>3sCCONJ e-penmot; 1 be dependent, be helpless. Memdage penmo; gaa naa wii-nda-naadmaadzat.
>He's so dependent; he should try to help himself. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: apenimo.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Animate intransitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73033930050n
GKS Reference Number: 21024
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