dba'aabaan / +dba'aabaan
Definition:
used with a number root to indicate a number of miles
Body
-dba'aabaan ni comm. 1 used with a number root to indicate a number of miles. Ji-gshkitoowaad ji-bmasewaad nsimdana dso-dba'aabaan ji-bi-giiwewaad. They'd be able to walk thirty miles to come home. AK1976.rs. Mdaaso-dbahaabaan dzhi-bmishkaawag odi sa endzhi-mwizwaad endso-giizhgak naangim go jaagnamwaad niw miinan. Ten miles they go by boat to where they pick berries every day until they use up the blueberries. AK1976.rs. De-pii go ko-namat wi miikaans, gnamaa naa nso-dbaabaan. That bush road runs a fair distance, maybe around three miles. MC2005.cs. Full-vowel form: dIbahaabaan.
Languages:
Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech:
Noun
Inanimate noun
Source of term:
Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID:
n71431647199n
GKS Reference Number:
19890