gnoonaa
Definition:
talk to smb., speak to smb., address smb.
Body
gnoonaa
>vta comm.
>1sIND nginoonaa;
>3sCCONJ genoonaat;
>2sIMP gnoosh; 1 talk to smb., speak to smb., address smb.. Gaa-shkwaa-gganoongod, mii go zhaazhi go eta geyaabi ndib wii-giigoonywid.
>By the time he had finished speaking to him, there was only his head left to be changed to that of a fish. SO1971.rs. Pane dash go endso-waabmag ngii-gnoonaa gii-Nishnaabemtawag Jibwe-nwewin.
>Always then whenever I saw her I addressed her in the Indian language, in Ojibwa. AM1937.rs. Ogii-ganoonaan dash aw gwiiwizens aniw oosan.
>Then that young man addressed his father. AW1941.rn.
>Partner: gnoodaan
>vti.
>Full-vowel form: gInooN.
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:
n7302928350n
GKS Reference Number:
16066