biindgegwaashkni

Definition: enter jumping, jump inside [a building]

biindgegwaashkni
>vai comm.
>1sIND nbiindgegwaashkon;
>3sCCONJ baandgegwaashknit;
>1sIND biindgegwaashkwan; 1 enter jumping, jump inside [a building]. Mii sa giiwenh gii-biindgegwaashknid wa nini, mookiitwaad giiwenh niwi ninwan, mookmaan wii-bjibhwaad.
>So the man (the intruder) jumped into the house and attacked the other man, intending to stab him with a knife. SO1971.rs. Bgwaashaagdi giiwenh wa nini gaa-biindgegwaashknid.
>The man who had jumped into the house was naked. SO1971.rs.
>Full-vowel form: biindigegwaashkOni.

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: n72977376817n
GKS Reference Number: 12574
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