bengshkaan

Definition: wear sth. until it dries

bengshkaan
>vti
>1sIND nbengshkaan;
>3sCCONJ byengshkang; 1 wear sth. until it dries. Gaawii de-bengwaas-zinoon; nga-zhi-biiskaan go naa; nga-bengshkaan.
>It hasn't had to time to dry; I'll go ahead and wear it and just let it dry on me. MC2005.cs. Gii-bgaskjiiyaabaawe, gaa dash gegoo waa-biiskang geyaabi; mii go naa iidik aabdek ge-zhi-bengshkang niwi da-gwinan.
>He got plastered by the rain, but he's got nothing else to wear; looks like he'll just have to wear his clothes until they dry. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: bengoshkan.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Inanimate transitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73024537904n
GKS Reference Number: 12045
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