bedaaskone

Definition: be dim, shine dimly

bedaaskone
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>3sCCONJ byedaaskonek; 1 be dim, shine dimly. (of (one's) lights) Eshkam bedaaskone maanda waaskonenjgan; jaagiiwii iidik battery.
>This light is getting dimmer; the battery must be running out of power. MC2005.cs. Eshkam go bedaaskone maanda; jaagiiwiiwak iidik zhgo batteriinyik.
>This is getting dimmer; the batteries must just about out of power. MC2005.cs.
>Partner: bedaaskone
>vai.
>Full-vowel form: bedaasåkone.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Inanimate intransitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73004652834n
GKS Reference Number: 12006
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