ddibew

Definition: bank of a stream or river

ddibew
>av Od 1 bank of a stream or river. Eshki-waabmag aw Gchi-mookmaan maa ddibew ziibing ngii-zeghig.
>The first time I saw a white man there by the bank of the river, he frightened me. AM1937.rs. Mii miinawaa gii-maajaad dadibew gii-ani-izhaad.
>Then he set out again, going along the bank of the stream. AW1941.rn. 2 at the edge of a body of water, on the beach. Dibishkoo mitigoog agwaahogowaad mii gaa-inaangwasowaad dadibew.
>Like trees that are washed ashore they lay there on the beach. AW1941.rn. Bezhig ogii-naanaan miinawaa namewan dadibew.
>He fetched a sturgeon from the water's edge. AW1941.rn.
>Full-vowel form: dadibew.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Adverb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n201132717-33-23n
GKS Reference Number: 23874
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