aabta-

Definition: half, halfway; mid, midway

aabta-
>pv 1 half, halfway; mid, midway. Otahaa! Mii giiwenh zhaazhi go aabta-giigoonywid wa!
>Goodness! He is already half-fish! SO1971.rs. Mii dash igo gii-webi-wiiji-ayaawaad gaa-ashkwaa-aabita-biboong, naasaab ezhi-ayaawaad bemaadizijig wiidigendiwaad.
>So then they began to live together, after mid-winter, living together like human beings that are married to one another. AW1941.rn.
>Full-vowel form: aabita.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Affix Prefix
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n201132516-43-52n
GKS Reference Number: 23756
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