bnaakwii

Definition: lose leaves

bnaakwii
>vai LH
>3sCCONJ benaakwiit; 1 lose leaves. (of trees) Gwekaandenoon niibiishan; mii dash wiiba da-bnaakwiiwaat mtigook.
>The leaves are changing colour; then trees will soon be losing [their] leaves.. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: bånaakwii.

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: n72978660314n
GKS Reference Number: 13194
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