bboon

Definition: be winter

bboon
>vii comm.
>3sCCONJ beboong; 1 be winter. Gye aanind beboongin giiwsewag.
>And some in winter go hunting. AM1937.rs. Gsinaamgad bboong.
>It is cold in winter. AM1937.rs. Miinawaa beboong mii go naasaab gaa-izhi-ayaang waa-miijiwaad.
>Also no less in winter he had food for them to eat. AW1941.rn.
>Full-vowel form: biboon.

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: n72976245096n
GKS Reference Number: 11931
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