binoojiinwi

Definition: be a child

binoojiinwi
>vai comm.
>1sIND ndabnoojiinyiw;
>3sCCONJ ebnoojiinwit; 1 be a child. Aapji go gii-binoojiinwi pii wa naabwi'in; mii ko zhaazhgo gaa-zhiwebak.
>She was still such a child when her marriage was arranged; that's how it used to be. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: abinoojiinyiwi.

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: n72977545496n
GKS Reference Number: 12789
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