zaagaabsaawe
Definition:
produce smoke [from a fire]; create smoke (by virtue of one's activities)
Body
zaagaabsaawe
>vai
>1sIND nzaagaabsaawe;
>3sCCONJ zyaagaabsaawet;
>1sIND nzaagaabsaawe;
>3sCCONJ zyaagaabsaawet; 1 produce smoke [from a fire]; create smoke (by virtue of one's activities). Nde-zaagaabsaawewak oodi megwemtigwaaki; eskigmizekweyaat iidik.
>They're producing smoke over there in the woods; they must be boiling down sap. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: zaagaabIsaawe.
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:
n72977661013n
GKS Reference Number:
22366