maaba

Definition: this [an.], this [person]

maaba
>pr-an LH 1 this [an.], this [person]. Aapiish naa maaba?
>Where is this guy? (in impatient tone) MC2005.cs. Mii maaba gaa-kidod zhaagnaashii-gchi-gimaa.
>That's what the white officer said. SO1971.rs. Gii-ni-gwetaa maaba; gii-mzhwaagniwi.
>He just lay there; he was a wounded man. SO1971.rs. Mkadewaabkizi maaba kik.
>This kettle is black. AM1937.rs. Maanaadkonese maaba ndoo-daabaan.
>This car of mine is misfiring. MC2005.cs. 2 here (said in handing something (an.) over or presenting it). Maaba bezhik pen.
>Here is a pen. (e.g., when presenting one to someone who is looking for one to sign something with) MC2011.cs. Maaba go zhengishing."
>He is lying right here. AW1941.rn. Maaba go ebid.
>But he is right here. AW1941.rn.
>Full-vowel form: maaba.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Pronoun Animate pronoun
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n71429063238n
GKS Reference Number: 17211
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