nsogon

Definition: for three days, three days, three days ago

nsogon
>ni-time Wk 1 for three days, three days, three days ago. Nsogon zhaazhi nbimse.
>I've been walking for three days (already). MC2001.rs. Bangii gii-dbahmawaawag miinwaa aapji-sh gii-wyezhmaawag, giishpin nsogon nokiid mii enaad aw zhaagnaash, "Gaawiin nsogon ggii-nokiisii mii go eta niizhgon."
>They were paid little and they were much taken advantage of, if he works three days the white man tells him, "You didn't work three days, it's only two days." AK1976.rs.
>Full-vowel form: nisogon.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Noun Inanimate noun
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n71434648701n
GKS Reference Number: 20805
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