zhebaa

Definition: this [past] morning, this morning just past

zhebaa
>av comm. 1 this [past] morning, this morning just past. Zhebaa gda-nooninaaba wii-oo-nakiiyin oodi gtigaaning, mii-sh zhaazhgo ni-gwetaanaateg, aabdeg dash go gwii-nankii maanda nongo giizhgak.
>This morning I asked you to go and work in the garden, now it’s getting too hot, but you still have to go and work today. PL1997.rn. Gbe-zhebaa zhanda bmi-ddanoojtoo wa; dibii iidik enjbaagwenh.
>He's been hanging around here all morning; I don't know where he's from. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: zhebaa.

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: n73072641352n
GKS Reference Number: 22856
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