biimskwaabiignaan

Definition: coil sth. around something, wind sth. around something

biimskwaabiignaan
>vti comm.
>1sIND nbiimskwaabiignaan;
>3sCCONJ baamskwaabiignang; 1 coil sth. around something, wind sth. around something. Gii-biimskwaabiignaanan mtigong nagzhiin, gii-bzwaabiisdoonan.
>He wound his entrails round a tree; he threw them so as to wind them so. AM1937.rs.
>Partner: biimskwaabiignaa
>vta.
>Full-vowel form: biimiskwaabiiginan.

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: n72977277355n
GKS Reference Number: 12518
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