bzhishgoshin

Definition: lie empty, sit empty

bzhishgoshin
>vai LH
>3sCCONJ e-bzhishgoshing; 1 lie empty, sit empty. Oo-moon’apniiba, mii’sh gii-ni-wiikjiiwnigot wiyan, dzhi-bzhishgoshnoon dash niwin dakkoman zhiwi gii-bgidnaat.
>He was going to go dig up the potatoes, then someone invited him to go somewhere, and so his pail’s sitting empty there where he put it down. MC2010.cs.
>Partner: bzhishgosin
>vii.
>Full-vowel form: bizhishigoshin.

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: n72985151276n
GKS Reference Number: 13752
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