bzhindoon

Definition: endanger sth., threaten sth., come close to getting sth.

bzhindoon
>vti
>1sIND nbizhnadoon;
>3sCCONJ bezhnadoot; 1 endanger sth., threaten sth., come close to getting sth.. Gegeti ngii-bzhindoon njackpot!
>I came so close to winning the jackpot. MC2011.cs
>. Gaa go naa gnigenh ngii-bzhindoo-siin njackpot; nswi numbers ngii-nondesenak.
>I didn't threaten the jackpot at all; I needed three numbers. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: bizhinadoon.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Inanimate transitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n72985149272n
GKS Reference Number: 13744
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