jiigda'ge

Definition: sweep the floor

jiigda'ge
>vai comm.
>1sIND njiigda’ge;
>3sCCONJ jaagda’get; 1 sweep the floor. Gewii go zhiwi aagwi-pabwin jiigda'gen; gaawii go eta naanaawsak.
>Sweep behind the chairs too, not just in the middle of the room. MC2010.cs.
>Full-vowel form: jiigadahige.

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: n73028435495n
GKS Reference Number: 16935
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