bgonega'ge

Definition: chop a hole [in a tree]

bgonega'ge
>vai comm.
>1sIND nbognega’ge;
>3sCCONJ begnega’get; 1 chop a hole [in a tree]. Mii dash aw bezhig gii-naadid waagaakod gii-bgonegahgewaad maa jikenying.
>Then one of them fetched an axe and they chopped a hole in that dead tree. AM1937.rs.
>Full-vowel form: bagonegahige, bogonegahige.

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: n72976845455n
GKS Reference Number: 12247
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