dkonaa
Definition:
hold smb. [off the floor or on one's lap]
Body
dkonaa
>vta comm.
>1sIND ndaknaa;
>3sCCONJ deknaat;
>2sIMP dkosh;
>2sIMP dkon; 1 hold smb. [off the floor or on one's lap]. Ni-dkon binoojiinh.
>Hold the child. AM1937.rs. Ke-dkosh biibiins epiichi-naadyaanh mshkiki.
>Hold the baby while I get the medicine. MC2005.cs. 2 arrest smb.. "Giin gidaa-gii-dakonigoo aapijishingiba."
>"You would have got arrested if she had had a bad fall." AW1941.rn. 3 charge smb.. Gii-dkonaan niwin gaa-biig'omaagjin waasechgan.
>He charged the person who broke his window. MC2005.cs. 4 seize sth. (an.). 5 sue smb..
>Partner: dkonaan
>vti.
>Full-vowel form: dakoN.
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:
n73013750383n
GKS Reference Number:
14402