zhaabwiimgat

Definition: survive, endure, persist

zhaabwiimgat
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>3sCCONJ zhyaabwiimgak; 1 survive, endure, persist. 1961 dash nji, enso-niibing pasweweshnook dewe'ganak zhiwi wiikwedong Wiikwemkoong, mnaajtoong zhaabwiimgak Nishnaabe-bmaadziwin miinwaa zhinoomaageng nnaakwiing, wiya gewe Nishnaaben gimaakdoowaa-sik.
>Since 1961 pow wow drums have echoed over the water at the Bay of the Beaver every summer, a celebration of cultural survival and a triumphant display of resistance and independence. MC2007.cs.
>Partner: zhaabwii
>vai.
>Full-vowel form: zhaabwiimIgad.

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: n201012158-45-11n
GKS Reference Number: 23710
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