bkeknigan
Definition:
unconsecrated place
Body
bkeknigan
>ni Wk
>loc bkeknigning;
>pl bkeknignan; 1 unconsecrated place. (usually of a cemetery) Zhaazhgo ko, bkeknigning gii-bgidenmaa wiya gaa-ziig'andaaz-sik.
>In the past, anyone who hadn't been baptized was buried in an unconsecrated cemetery. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: bakekånigan.
Languages:
Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech:
Noun
Inanimate noun
Source of term:
Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID:
n72977556459n
GKS Reference Number:
12843