kamwaa
Definition:
lie in wait for smb., wait [to catch] smb.
Body
kamwaa
>vta NE
>1sIND ndakmawaa;
>3sCCONJ ekmawaat;
>2sIMP kamaw;
>1sIND ndakmawaa;
>3sCCONJ ekmawaat;
>2sIMP kamaw; 1 lie in wait for smb., wait [to catch] smb.. Giw dash nishnaabeg gaa-mji-zhiwebzijig gii-kamwaawaad iw sa pii beskaabiinid, gii-gkendmawaawaan maa naa iw sa niibwa go gegoo bmiwdoonid, mii-sh gii-nsaawaad niw miinwaa gii-mkamaawaad iw bemwidoonpan.
>And the Indians who did evil lay in wait for them to return, and indeed they knew that they were carrying lots of things, so they killed them and took away what they were carrying. AK1976.rs. Miiknaang oo-kamaw wa mbus.
>Go and wait for the bus on the road. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: akamaw.
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:
n73017352597n
GKS Reference Number:
17043