naagshi

Definition: be evening, be night

naagshi
>vii comm.
>3sCCONJ e-naagshik; 1 be evening, be night. Naagshig nga-bi-dgoshin.
>I shall get here in the evening. AM1937.rs. Mii dash aanwi gii-nda-waankaanaawaad baamaa pii dash eni-naagshig.
>And doggedly they tried to dig him out right up until evening. AK1976.rs. Gaa wiin ninishkaadiziitaagosii gii-nichiiwihag jiinaago wenaagoshig.
>She is not angry at me for having scolded her yesterday evening. AW1941.rn. 2 tonight. Geget sa naa! Gaawii gegoo wiiyaas naagshik.
>Oh no! No meat tonight. LW1988.cs. Da-gichi-niimihidim onaagoshig.
>There will be a big dance tonight. AW1941.rn. Hockey na wii-mzinaatese nongo naagshik?
>Is hockey going to be on TV tonight? MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: [o]naagoshi.

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: n71430940111n
GKS Reference Number: 19104
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