doodam

Definition: do something reprehensible

doodam
>vai comm.
>1sIND ndandoodam;
>3sCCONJ endoodang; 1 do something reprehensible. Gaa gsha wii go naa mninaak daa-gii-oo-doodn=zii wa wi.
>He couldn't have gone and done that! (sense that one should know better than to think another would do something that's improper) MC2005.cs. Aaniish gaa-oo-doodang wa? Gii-oo-biigwaan waasechgan?
>What did he go and do? He went and broke a window? MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: doodam.

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: n73014379076n
GKS Reference Number: 14503
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