biiskaan
Definition:
put sth. on [to wear], wear sth., be dressed in sth.
Body
biiskaan
>vti comm.
>1sIND nbiiskaan;
>3sCCONJ baaskang ; 1 put sth. on [to wear], wear sth., be dressed in sth.. Mii dash gii-biiskang nyaangnin'gin gwiwnan.
>Then he put on light garments. AM1937.rs. Biiskaanan makzinan.
>He put on his moccasins. AM1937.rs. Ngii-wzhitmaag aw ngashi shki-goodaas ge-biiskamaan go eta ji-wi-namhaayaan.
>My mother made me a new dress to wear only for going to church. AK1976.rs.
>Partner: biiskawaa
>vta.
>Full-vowel form: biisikan.
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:
n72977457665n
GKS Reference Number:
12676