biidwewemaa

Definition: summon smb. [unintentionally] by one's words, summon smb. unintentionally by one's cries

biidwewemaa
>vta
>1sIND nbiidwewemaa;
>3sCCONJ baadwewemaat; 1 summon smb. [unintentionally] by one's words, summon smb. unintentionally by one's cries. (usually an animal or spirit) 'Aasnaa, Kookoolii ga-biidwewemaa,' ndigoo-naaba ko.
>'Careful, you'll summon the Kookoolii with your cries,' I used to be told. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: biidwewem.

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: n72976958392n
GKS Reference Number: 12366
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