biisaa

Definition: be small, be finely grained, be granulated

biisaa
>vii LH
>3sCCONJ baasaak; 1 be small, be finely grained, be granulated. (of granular objects) Ziiwaagmide ziisbaakod baasaag doozhtoon, nishnaabe-ziisbaakod.
>She was making the maple-syrup into sugar crystals, Indian sugar. SO1971.rs.
>Full-vowel form: biisaa.

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: n72977450907n
GKS Reference Number: 12653
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