bdak'waa
Definition:
give smb. a needle [to inject medication]
Body
bdak'waa
>vta comm.
>1sIND nbadkawaa;
>3sCCONJ bedkawaat;
>2sIMP bdakaw; 1 give smb. a needle [to inject medication]. Gaawii gii-gshki'aa-siin niwin binoojiinyin wii-bdakwaat; zaam go naa gtaan wa zhaabnigan.
>He couldn't give that child a needle; she's much too scared of a needle. MC2005.cs. 2 sting smb.. (stinging insects) Gnabaj zgimenh ngii-bdakhogdig, ngizhiibii gaa-namid.
>A mosquito must have stung me; I am itching where he bit me. AM1937.rs.
>Full-vowel form: badak[h]w.
Languages:
Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech:
Verb
Animate transitive verb
Source of term:
Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID:
n72976253478n
GKS Reference Number:
11972