dsobboon'gizi

Definition: be a certain number of years old, be a certain age [in years]

dsobboon'gizi
>vai LH
>1sIND nda-dsobboon’gis;
>3sCCONJ endsobboon’gizit; 1 be a certain number of years old, be a certain age [in years]. Zhaangsimdana shi niiwin gii-dsobboon'gizi aw nookmis pii nembod.
>My grandmother was 94 years old when she died. AM1937.rs. Aaniish gaa-dsobboon'gizit gbapaa shkwaach gii-dbishkaat?
>How old was your dad on his last birthday? MC2005.cs.
>Partner: dsobboon'gat
>vii.
>Grammar note: Contains relative root /daS/.
>Full-vowel form: daso-biboonagizi.

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: n73015155581n
GKS Reference Number: 14560
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