mde-
Definition:
in the distance
Body
mde-
>pv comm.
>CCONJ mede-;
>CCONJ medwe-; 1 in the distance. Nooshens mde-gchi-moonshkwe.
>Granddaughter was weeding the garden in the distance. PL1997.rn. Megwaa giiwenh miikkamgak waya gii-mdwe-noondaagzid, "Gzakzomi!"
>One time in one of these hotels, everybody was having a good time, when somebody shouted in the distance, 'We're on fire!' NS1975.rs. Bekaa go oodi nde-taadwibniik aazhwisak; baamaa go mede-bdiknandiwaat.
>They were just quietly playing cards in the other room; next thing you know, there they were thumping around fighting each other. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: mIde.
Languages:
Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Source of term:
Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID:
n71429470804n
GKS Reference Number:
17669