detewjiiwaa

Definition: thump sth. (an.) [repeatedly]

detewjiiwaa
>vta comm.
>1sIND ndetewjiiwaa;
>3sCCONJ dyetewjiiwaat;
>2sIMP detewjiiw; 1 thump sth. (an.) [repeatedly]. (of 3-dimensional objects) Aasnaa; ga-spwegaabkagnaamaa wa kik zaami-ggetin detewjiiwat.
>Hey; you'll dent that pail if you thump it too hard. MC2005.cs.
>Partner: detewjii'aan
>vti.
>Full-vowel form: detewijii[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: n73003957321n
GKS Reference Number: 14219
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