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Maamaanaan
grandmother
NounAnimate
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Animacy
- animate
- Plural form
- Needs Review
Examples
" da-ayaamagad mashkiki awas oodenaang," gii-ikido .
"Maybe there will be medicine at the next village," the grandma said.
From the coursefull entry →
"Onzaam da-naazikaadeg," gii-ikido .
"It shall be too difficult to approach," said the grandma.
From the coursefull entry →
Course
Taught in Speaking With & About People
Reviewed again in 6 later lessons.
Notes
as written in notes; relationship to Nookomis/Gookomis (also glossed 'grandmother') on same page is unclear from context | listed twice on p.15; also used as a character name/title in the reading passage (p.4-5) | listed twice on p.18; also used as a character name/title in the reading passage (p.7-8) | listed twice on p.22; also used as a character name/title in the reading passage (p.11-12)