maajtaa

Definition: begin [doing something], start [doing something], get started

maajtaa
>vai comm.
>1sIND nmaajtaa;
>3sCCONJ myaajtaat; 1 begin [doing something], start [doing something], get started. Mii giiwenh go gii-maajtaad mnised.
>Then he started to cut wood. SO1971.rs. Mii sa gii-maajitaawaad anwiin gii-ozhitoowaad.
>Then they started to make bullets. GM1940.rn. Bjiinak go naa nmaajtaami mii dash go zhaazhi maadnaagoowaanh.
>We're just starting and already my defeat is beginning. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: maajitaa.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Animate intransitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n71429142749n
GKS Reference Number: 17314
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