bshagiishkaabi

Definition: see black, have all or part of one's field of vision go black

bshagiishkaabi
>vai
>1sIND nbashgiishkaap;
>3sCCONJ beshgiishkaabit; 1 see black, have all or part of one's field of vision go black. Giitaayiing eshkam ngii-bi-bshagiishkaap, mii'sh gego mchisak gii-ni-bngishnaa; minj gaa-nji-mkaamdamwaane.
>The darkness began closing in [my field of vision], and then I fell on the floor; I don't why I fainted. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: bishagiishkaabi.

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: n73098660955n
GKS Reference Number: 13483
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