dso-bboon

Definition: a certain number of years

dso-bboon
>ni-time 1 a certain number of years. Nshwaasmidna dso-bboon gii-bmaadzi.
>He lived eighty years. AM1937.rs. Niizhwaak dso-bboon gaa-ko-zhiwebak maanda.
>It was two hundred years ago that this happened. AK1976.rs. Aaniish mnik dso-bboon zhaazhi eko-daayek oodi?
>How many years is it already since you've (pl.) lived there? MC2005.cs.
>Grammar note: Contains relative root /daS/.
>Full-vowel form: daso-biboon.

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: n73015157448n
GKS Reference Number: 14558
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