bboonshi
Definition:
spend winter in a certain place
Body
bboonshi
>vai comm.
>1sIND ndoo-nji-bboonish;
>3sCCONJ e-nji-bboonshit; 1 spend winter in a certain place. Baamaa dash miinawaa degwaagig mii iw miinawaa gii-bi-izhaawaad imaa gaa-dazhi-biboonishiwaagobanen.
>But later on when it was fall they again came there where they had wintered before. GM1940.rn. Mii sa degwaagig dash aawang ogii-igowaan iniw Anishinaaben bezhig "Mii iwidi ge-dazhi-biboonishiyaan."
>Then, since it was autumn, one Indian told them, "Over there will be the place I will spend the winter." GM1940.rn. Florida aanin bemaadzijik oo-nji-bboonshiwak.
>Some people go and spend the winter in Florida. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: biboonishi.
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:
n72976245888n
GKS Reference Number:
11932