bkeknigan

Definition: unconsecrated place

bkeknigan
>ni Wk
>loc bkeknigning;
>pl bkeknignan; 1 unconsecrated place. (usually of a cemetery) Zhaazhgo ko, bkeknigning gii-bgidenmaa wiya gaa-ziig'andaaz-sik.
>In the past, anyone who hadn't been baptized was buried in an unconsecrated cemetery. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: bakekånigan.

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: n72977556459n
GKS Reference Number: 12843
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