ziignaan

Definition: pour sth., pour the contents of sth.

ziignaan
>vti comm.
>1sIND nziignaan;
>3sCCONJ zaagnang; 1 pour sth., pour the contents of sth.. Naazh wedi kikoons jiigsabak ebid. Kii-bmide zhiwi bangii gga-ziignaan.
>Go and get that pail from the corner, and pour a little bit of coal oil in it. PL1997.rn. Endso-bebezhik zhiwi nataasing ga-ni-ziignaan juice.
>You will pour juice into each glass. MC2005.cs. Aaniish naa gaa-de-koobiit niizhtana gii-ziignaman?
>How full did it get when you poured in twenty [dollars' worth]? MC2005.cs.
>Partner: ziignaa
>vta.
>Full-vowel form: ziiginan.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Inanimate transitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73035445761n
GKS Reference Number: 23286
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