baate

Definition: dry, be dry

baate
>vii comm.
>3sCCONJ byaatek; 1 dry, be dry. (an object) Gii-baapiiwhang iidig, zhiwi ngoji gii-tood gdaatig wii-baatenig wi ki.
>He (Nenabush) brushed loose that earth, and placed it there on the logs to dry. SO1971.rs. Mii dash gii-zhitood iw baagndibehgan, ge go gii-goodood iw ji-baatenig weweni.
>So then he made that war club and hung it up to dry properly. AM1937.rs. Gii-baatenoon na gwiiwnan mshi?
>Did the clothes dry yet? MC2005.cs. 2 be dry weather. Enwek sa naa baate nongo niibing; minj go naa pii shkwaach gaa-gmiwnagbane.
>Is it ever dry this summer; I don't know when it last rained. MC2005.cs. Endso-niibing nmiin'kemi; mii eta niibnong gii-zaami-baate.
>Every summer, we pick blueberries; only last summer it was too dry. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: baate.

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: n72975846625n
GKS Reference Number: 11801
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