bkwen'ge
Definition:
take a piece of sth.
Body
bkwen'ge
>vai comm.
>1sIND nbakwenâge;
>3sCCONJ bekwenâget; 1 take a piece of sth.. 2 ogle. Ngichi-pakwen'genaaba; ngichi-biijiingwewik sa -- mii na go na wii niwin shiimenyin zhiwi gaa-bmasenjin.
>I was ogling the ladies; then he gives me a big punch in the face -- here, that was his little sister that had walked by. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: bakwenige.
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:
n72977656121n
GKS Reference Number:
12969