oodetoo
Definition:
go to town [to shop], window shop
Body
oodetoo
>vai comm.
>1sIND ndoodetoo;
>3sCCONJ waadetoot; 1 go to town [to shop], window shop. Ngoding giiwenh naagshig oodetoo.
>One evening he went to town. FF1975.rs. Gii-gkenmaan niw gtigewninwan, "Mii go noongo ji-oodetood, nga-zhaa odi endaad, nga-ggwejmaa ji-ni-booz'hid."
>He knew a farmer, "It's today that he goes to town, I'll go there where he lives, I'll ask him to give me a ride." AK1976.rs. wedetooyaanin
>'whenever I go to townâ¦' PI1978.rs. 2 date, go out [on dates], go out socially.
>Full-vowel form: oodetoo.
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:
n71435145809n
GKS Reference Number:
20948