dkobjigan
Definition:
tie-on skates
Body
dkobjigan
>ni 2. Wk
>loc dkobjigning;
>pl dkobjignan; 1 tie-on skates. Dkobjignan ko gii-zhi'kaadenoon zhaazhi zhooshkwaadaagnan; gaawii niwin gii-mkiznikaade-snoon.
>Ice skates used to be called tie-on skates; they didn't have boots [in their construction]. MC2005.cs. 2 bailer. Mmaachaanoon nongo dkobjignan gtigaaning en'kaazngin.
>The bailers that are used on the farm these days are big. MC2005.cs. 3 bale (of hay, e.g.). Ke-ggwejiin ntam, jibwaa-mbiwebnaman wi dkobjignan.
>Take time to practice first before you throw those bales up. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: dakobijigan.
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:
n73013738514n
GKS Reference Number:
14392