gwaab'aan
Definition:
draw sth. [liquid]; scoop sth. [liquid] up
Body
gwaab'aan
>vti comm.
>1sIND ndagwaabâaan, ngwaabâaan;
>3sCCONJ egwaabâang; 1 draw sth. [liquid]; scoop sth. [liquid] up. Maanoo dash go naa bngii aabtooshkin niimbaagning ngii-gwaabhaan.
>Nevertheless I dipped up a little, half a filling, in the pail. AM1937.rs. Ogii-dakobinaan asabaab ji-awa-gwaabahaminid iw nibiish.
>He tied him on a rope and he was to go scoop up water. AW1941.rn. Zhiwi kik-oong nji-gwaab'an mbiish waa-nakaazyin gziingwewyin.
>Draw water from that pail, to use to wash your face. MC2005.cs.
>Partner: gwaabwaa
>vta.
>Full-vowel form: gwaabahan.
Languages:
Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech:
Verb
Inanimate transitive verb
Source of term:
Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID:
n73031628225n
GKS Reference Number:
16388