binoojiinswi

Definition: be an infant, be a baby

binoojiinswi
>vai
>1sIND nbinoojiinsiw; 1 be an infant, be a baby. Mii dash gii-bi-maajaawaad mii dash iw gii-sweshkaawaad, Neyaashii-nagmiing gii-zhaa aw nmishoomis binoojiinswigban giiwenh iw pii, aaning ge go Zaagiing gii-zhi-maajaawag, Daawaa-mnising ge go aaning gii-zhaawag.
>And so they went on and then they disappeared, my grandfather went to Cape Croker— he must have been an infant at the time— some also went to Christian Island, and some went off there to Saugeen, and also some went to Manitoulin Island. AK1976.rs.
>Full-vowel form: abinoojiinsiwi.

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: n200562319-15-10n
GKS Reference Number: 23498
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