bboon

Definition: year, winter

bboon
>ni-time comm 1 year, winter. Aakzi-sh giiwenh maaba Nishnaabe; niizhwaaso-bboon giiwenh mnik aakzi.
>This man was very sick; he was sick for seven years. SO1971.rs. Zhaazhigwa ningo-biboon gigii-inend."
>You have been away from home for one year already." GM1940.rn. Mii iw gii-wanenimigowaad aniw ogwisiwaan niiwo-biboon.
>Their son forgot them for a time of four winters. AW1941.rn.
>Grammar note: Usually has a number pre-element specifying the number of years.
>Full-vowel form: biboon.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Noun Inanimate noun
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n201132611-51-25n
GKS Reference Number: 23791
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