{n}dawemaa

Definition: my brother [if I am a woman]; my sister [if I am a man]; my sibling [in newer generic usage]; my parallel cousin of the opposite sex; my sister-in-law's husband (if I am woman); my brother-in-law's wife (if I am a man)

{n}dawemaa
>nad Wk
>pl ndawemaak; 1 my brother [if I am a woman]; my sister [if I am a man]; my sibling [in newer generic usage]; my parallel cousin of the opposite sex; my sister-in-law's husband (if I am woman); my brother-in-law's wife (if I am a man).
>Full-vowel form: dawemaa.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Noun Dependent animate noun
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n72989354051n
GKS Reference Number: 19706
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