bmise
Definition:
go around; spread; move through a population
Body
bmise
>vii comm.
>3sCCONJ bemsek; 1 go around; spread; move through a population. (of illnesses) Flu giiyenh miinwaa bmise.
>I hear the flu is going around again. MC2005.cs. 2 come to pass; occur, happen, transpire; be a week's time. Wedi gaa-bi-bmiseg ngii-giiwe widi Walpole_Island gaa-bi-wnjibaayaan.
>This last week I went home to Walpole Island where I come from. AM1937.rs. Wedi waa-ni-bmiseg mii iw fair wii-yaamwaad giw Nishnaabeg maa Waabow Island.
>Next week the Indians on Walpole Island are going to hold a fair. AM1937.rs. Nongo eni-bmisek wii-zhoozhkwaadekmigat.
>This week coming up, there's going to be a hockey tournament. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: bimise.
Languages:
Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech:
Verb
Inanimate intransitive verb
Source of term:
Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID:
n72978051474n
GKS Reference Number:
13131