niishtana

Definition: twenty

niishtana
>nm LH 1 twenty. Niizhtana shi niizhgon'gizi nongo.
>Today is the twenty-second of the month. MC2001.rs. Niizhtana nsognagzi nongo.
>Today is the twentieth of the month. MC2001.rs. Niishtana ashi niswi daso-biboon gaa-ako-nibonid owiidigemaaganan; mii dash gaye wii gii-nibod.
>His wife died twenty-three years before he did. AW1941.rn. Gaawii gegoo baasaak ndeyaan-ziin; mii eta niizhtana nswaabik baandaagna'maa.
>I don't have any change; I just have a twenty in my pocket. MC2005.cs. Niishtana nso-dbagaans dnide waabi-mnoomin.
>Rice takes twenty minutes to cook. MC2005.cs. Niizhtana dshiwak waa-bizhaajik.
>There are twenty that are going to come. MC2005.cs. Aaniish naa gaa-de-koobiit niizhtana gii-ziignaman?
>How full did it get when you poured in twenty [dollars' worth]? MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: niishtana.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Number
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n71431844497n
GKS Reference Number: 20107
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