waasmo

Definition: flash [lightning] (commonly attributed to Thunderers)

waasmo
>vai comm.
>1sIND nwaasam;
>3sCCONJ yaasmot; 1 flash [lightning] (commonly attributed to Thunderers). Waasmowak nimkiik.
>It is thundering and lightning. LW1988.cs. Ge go mii gii-waabndamaan waasmowaad giw Nimkiig.
>and then I saw the Thunderers flashing lightning. AM1937.rs.
>Full-vowel form: waasamo.

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: n73071845415n
GKS Reference Number: 21733
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