dbishkoose

Definition: mark a certain unit of time elapsed [since an event], come around

dbishkoose
>vii comm.
>3sCCONJ debshkoosek; 1 mark a certain unit of time elapsed [since an event], come around (of time) Pii dash debshkooseg ngii-zhaa, ngii-zhaami widi a-bmi-noogsed aw shkode-daabaan.
>When the time came, I went, we went, to the railway station [lit., where the train stops in its course]. AM1937.rs. Dbishkoose da-maajaayang.
>It is time for us (inc.) to leave. AM1937.rs. Mii waabang da-dbishkoosek noos-ba pii gaa-maajaapa.
>Tomorrow will mark the day my father passed away. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: dibishkoose.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Inanimate intransitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n72994043708n
GKS Reference Number: 14091
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