bzhikiins

Definition: calf

bzhikiins
>na comm.
>pl bzhikiinsak; 1 calf. Ngii-naabgwepnaanaan bzhikiins, ngii-wiikbinaanaan biinjiiyhii daabaaning.
>We (excl.) roped the calf, and we pulled it into the wagon. AM1937.rs.
>Full-vowel form: bizhikiins.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Noun Animate noun
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n72985148459n
GKS Reference Number: 13742
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