dbikshin

Definition: have night fall on one

dbikshin
>vai
>1sIND ndoo-dbikshin;
>3sCCONJ e-dbikshing; 1 have night fall on one. Ngii-noonde-dbikshinmi aanawii-bbaa-nda-wiingshkokeyaang.
>Night fell on us prematurely when we tried to go picking sweetgrass. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: dibikishin.

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: n72994041053n
GKS Reference Number: 14083
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