gboobjige

Definition: top up something [with liquid]

gboobjige
>vai
>1sIND ngiboobjige;
>3sCCONJ geboobjiget; 1 top up something [with liquid]. 2 go out wishing Happy New Year on last day. "Gboobjige," gii-naa ko wiya Gimaa-giizhgak geyaabi bbaa-nimkaaget.
>"He's topping up," it used to be said of someone still going around wishing people Happy New Year on the Epiphany. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: giboobijige.

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: n73019345322n
GKS Reference Number: 15047
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