biistaagan
Definition:
bubble
Body
biistaagan
>ni Od
>pl biistaaganan; 1 bubble. Naanoomayahiinh dash ningashiban bimishkaawaad ogii-waabandaanaawaan iwidi agaaming inagakeyaa bi-onjibideg biisitaaganan gaye bimi-oskwaazigotood awegwen iidog imaa naamiindim gaa-bimizidogwen.
>Some time ago when my mother and others were paddling along in a canoe, they saw over there across the water on the other side bubbles which were coming over and also a tidal wave coming along from an unknown source as though someone passed there under the water. GM1940.rn. Gaawiin ogii-waabamaasiiwaan, mii igwa eta biisitaaganan miinawaa digowan.
>They didn't see anyone, merely bubbles and also waves. GM1940.rn.
>Full-vowel form: biisitaagan.
Languages:
Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech:
Noun
Inanimate noun
Source of term:
Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID:
n201132618-58-0n
GKS Reference Number:
23820