dgwaagshi

Definition: spend fall (in such place), spend autumn (in such place)

dgwaagshi
>vai
>1sIND ndagwaagish;
>3sCCONJ degwaagshit; 1 spend fall (in such place), spend autumn (in such place). Mii dash gii-dagoshinowaad ihiw zaagahigan gaye ogii-makaanaawaa iidog ihiw gaa-dazhi-dagwaagishid ahaw Anishinaabe.
>Then they arrived and found that lake where that person had probably spent the autumn. GM1940.rn. "Atayaa gigii-bi-gwiinawaabamigoo iwidi iidog gaa-dazhi-dagwaagishiyan."
>"Well now, we looked for you in vain over there where you probably spent the autumn." GM1940.rn.
>Full-vowel form: dagwaagishi.

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: n201132720-26-59n
GKS Reference Number: 23883
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