piichin

Definition: continually, keep [doing...], every now and then, from time to time

piichin
>av LH 1 continually, keep [doing...], every now and then, from time to time. Shiimenyan go piichin jiichiibnaan, wii-bwaa-zoonggwaamnid.
>He kept poking his younger brothers so that they would not sleep too deeply. SO1971.rs. Noongo geyaabi apiichin odaano-nandonehaanaawaa.
>To be sure, even now they look for it. AW1941.rn.
>Full-vowel form: apiichin.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Adverb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73031184500n
GKS Reference Number: 21046
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