waaban

Definition: be dawn, be light out [in the morning], get light out [in the morning]

waaban
>vii comm.
>3sCCONJ yaabang; 1 be dawn, be light out [in the morning], get light out [in the morning]. Gaa-waabang mii gii-zhiwnigooyaang waa-dzhi-nokiiyaang.
>The next morning we were conducted to the places where we were to work. AM1937.rs. 2 be [the next] morning, be the next day. Miinwaa gaa-waabang eshkam gii-aabwaa.
>The next day the weather was warmer. AM1937.rs. Wayaabang gii-binaajigaazo aw akwe gii-gagwejimind, aanii ge-izhihimind.
>On the next day that woman was fetched and was asked what was to be done to him. AW1941.rn. Eni-waabang miinwaa ngii-ni-aandaashmi.
>The next day, we sailed on to another location. MC2005.rs.
>Full-vowel form: waaban.

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: n73032179467n
GKS Reference Number: 21561
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