gbe-bboon

Definition: all winter

gbe-bboon
>av comm. 1 all winter. Ngoding ngii-nokiinaaba giiwednong gbe-bboon.
>Once I was working in the North all winter. AM1937.rs. Gnawenim gbe-bboon.
>Take care of him through the winter. AM1937.rs. Gabe-biboon gii-nibaa gaye gabe-niibin.
>All winter long he slept and also all during the summer. GM1940.rn.
>Full-vowel form: gabe-biboon.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Adverb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73017936268n
GKS Reference Number: 14993
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