dkobjige

Definition: tie one's shoelaces

dkobjige
>vai comm.
>1sIND ndakbijge;
>3sCCONJ dekbijget; 1 tie one's shoelaces. 2 tie things. Mii dash gii-zhaad widi ezhi-gomnid niw zhiishiiban gii-bbaa-zgigaadepnaad kina nnaazh go kina gii-dkobjiged iw sabaab.
>Then he went to where those ducks were swimming and went about tying them all by the legs until he had used the whole cord in tying them. AM1937.rs. 3 bail hay.
>Full-vowel form: dakobijige.

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: n73013739028n
GKS Reference Number: 14393
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