boodwe

Definition: make a fire

boodwe
>vai comm.
>1sIND boodwe;
>3sCCONJ e-boodwet; 1 make a fire. Boodwed iidig maaba bezhig.
>One of them made a fire. SO1971.rs. Gii-gchi-boodwewag dash giw nishnaabeg miinwaa gii-ngamwaad, mii-sh go geyaabi, gii-gchi-mwid aw nookmis.
>And the Indians made a great fire and they sang, but still my grandmother cried very much. AK1976.rs. Mii dash gii-maajitaad gii-boodawed, gii-gichi-boodawed.
>Then he set about building a fire, a big fire. AW1941.rn.
>Full-vowel form: boodawe.

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: n72980066224n
GKS Reference Number: 13318
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