gbadin

Definition: freeze over

gbadin
>vii comm.
>3sCCONJ gebding; 1 freeze over. (bodies of water) Gkina ziibi gii-gbadin.
>The river is all frozen over. AM1937.rs. Ddaakmibzawak ko Zhiibaanaaning ezhaajik gii-gbading.
>People going to Killarney drive across once it's frozen over. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: gibadin.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Inanimate intransitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73017934016n
GKS Reference Number: 14985
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