webtaa

Definition: start [doing something]

webtaa
>vai SO
>1sIND nwebtaa;
>3sCCONJ yebtaat; 1 start [doing something]. Mii dash gii-webtaayaan gii-naadmaageyaan maa endzhi-zhitoowaad iw miishkogmig.
>Then I began to help where they were building a barn. AM1937.rs. Mii dash gii-webtaayaan gii-nokiiyaan maa carpenter shop.
>So then I went to work in the carpenter shop. AM1937.rs.
>Full-vowel form: webitaa.

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: n73032777413n
GKS Reference Number: 21824
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