n'gadenmaa

Definition: know smb. well, be familiar with smb., be used to smb.

n'gadenmaa
>vta comm.
>1sIND nnagdenmaa;
>3sCCONJ negdenmaat;
>2sIMP n’gadenim; 1 know smb. well, be familiar with smb., be used to smb.. Nga-ke-kid go genii enendmaanh. Gaawii nishinznoo nishaa wii-bmi-wiijiiwad wa kwe, gchi-zhaazhi eko-n'gadenmad. Gga-noonde-kiwenziinyiw jibwaa-bmi-wiidgemaagniyin.
>I’m going to say what I think. It’s not right to just fool around with this woman. You’ve known her for a long time, you’ll be an old man before you get married. PL1997.rn.
>Partner: n'gadendaan
>vti.
>Full-vowel form: nagadenim.

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: n71431572745n
GKS Reference Number: 18860
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