yaan
Definition:
have sth., buy sth., get sth.
Body
yaan
>vti comm.
>1sIND ndayaan;
>3sCCONJ eyaang; 1 have sth., buy sth., get sth.. Aabdig go nii-yaanan mzinhignan wii-skoonwiyaanh.
>I had to have the books to go to school. FF1975.rs. Niizh nga-yaanan bwiin.
>I shall have two paddles. AM1937.rs. Nmishoomsinaanig gaa wii gii-yaanziinaawaan baashkzignan.
>Our (exc.) grandfathers did not have guns. AM1937.rs. Aaniish mnik eyaang jiimaanan?
>How many canoes has he? AM1937.rs. Waawaashkeshi ngii-waabmaa widi megyaak; giishpin yaamaambaa baashkzigan ndaa-gii-baashkzwaa.
>I saw a deer over in the woods. If I had had a gun I should have shot him. AM1937.rs.
>Partner: yaawaa
>vta.
>Full-vowel form: ayaan.
Languages:
Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech:
Verb
Inanimate transitive verb
Source of term:
Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID:
n73033179619n
GKS Reference Number:
22318