maajiidmawaa

Definition: take something [away] for smb., take something [away] from smb., take something to smb.

maajiidmawaa
>vta comm.
>1sIND nmaajiidmawaa;
>3sCCONJ myaajiidmawaat; 1 take something [away] for smb., take something [away] from smb., take something to smb.. Ngii-maajiidmaag ndoo-nmeman.
>He took my sturgeon away. AM1937.rs. Ngii-maajiidmaag ndoozhbiihgaans.
>He took away my pencil. AM1937.rs. Mii dash aw bezhig gwiiwzens gii-maajiidmawaad niw oosan, mii-sh gii-biijmaamaad aw kiwenzii, "Semaa sa go aw."
>And one boy took it to his father, and the old man smelled it, "Why, it's tobacco." AK1976.rs.
>Full-vowel form: maajiidamaw.

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: n7308602170n
GKS Reference Number: 17262
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