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Definition: used with a time adverbial to indicate the period before last, e.g., <nish>wasi-bboonong</nish>, 'the year before last'

wasi-
>pa 1 used with a time adverbial to indicate the period before last, e.g., <nish>wasi-bboonong</nish>, 'the year before last'. Wasi-bboonong ngii-nbwaachhaa ngwis.
>I visited my son the year before last. MC2001.rs.
>Full-vowel form: awasi-.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)

Part of speech: Affix Prefix

Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).

Unique ID: n201132612-19-17n

GKS Reference Number: 23793

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