baapi

Definition: laugh

baapi
>vai comm.
>1sIND nbaap;
>3sCCONJ byaapit; 1 laugh. Gkina kwa nbaapmi.
>We (excl.) all laugh every time. AM1937.rs. Gwisan baapwan.
>His son is laughing. AM1937.rs. Gaa-ashkwaa-gichi-baapid gii-niimi.
>When he got over his great spell of laughing he began to dance. AW1941.rn. Ogii-bagidinaan imaa adoopowaansing badakising iw waasakwanenjigan gii-gichi-baapid.
>He laid the child there on the little table where the lamp was standing, and burst into laughter. AW1941.rn.
>Full-vowel form: baapi.

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: n72974661668n
GKS Reference Number: 11643
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