bskaabii
Definition:
come back, get back, go back, return
Body
bskaabii
>vai comm.
>1sIND nbiskaabii;
>3sCCONJ beskaabiit; 1 come back, get back, go back, return. Mii sa gii-bskaabiiwaad bbashkwaanaajiinyag, mii go wi niibaa-dbik go gonda gii-bi-dgoshnoog.
>So the bats started back, and arrived during the night. SO1971.rs. Nwapwaankeg mii go waabang ji-bskaabiiyang."
>Pack a lunch, we'll be returning tomorrow." AK1976.rs. Kina go gii-mnognini pii gaa-bskaabiid, mii-sh go naa aazhgo iw zgaknamwaad iw gaa-ntaawgitoowaad.
>Everything was growing well when he got back, and already they were harvesting what they had grown. AK1976.rs.
>Full-vowel form: biskaabii.
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:
n72983241883n
GKS Reference Number:
13602