bgog'ige
Definition:
chop a hole
Body
bgog'ige
>vai comm.
>1sIND nbaggaâge;
>3sCCONJ beggaâget; 1 chop a hole. Miinwaa nawaj niibna gii-bgoghigewag.
>Then they chopped some more, to make a larger opening. AM1937.rs. Mii dash mno-mnik gaa-bgoghigewaad gii-zaagdoodebtood aw Nenbozh.
>And then, when they had chopped a big enough opening, that Nenabush came running out on all fours. AM1937.rs.
>Full-vowel form: bagogahige.
Languages:
Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech:
Verb
Animate intransitive verb
Source of term:
Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID:
n72976841774n
GKS Reference Number:
12229