daawnabnaa

Definition: open smb.'s mouth, force smb.'s mouth open

daawnabnaa
>vta
>1sIND ndaawnabnaa;
>3sCCONJ dyaawnabnaat;
>2sIMP daawnabin; 1 open smb.'s mouth, force smb.'s mouth open. Gaawii aanawii-daapna-ziin wi mshkiki ; ngii-daawnabnaa aabdek.
>He didn't want to take the medicine; I had to force his mouth open. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: daawanabin.

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: n72989285683n
GKS Reference Number: 13974
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