dba'giiswaan

Definition: clock

dba'giiswaan
>na LH
>loc dba’giiswaaning;
>pl dba’giiswaanak; 1 clock. Gaa wii gii-yaawaasiiwaan dbahgiiswaanan zhaazhi go Nishnaabeg.
>The Indians of old had no clocks or watches. AM1937.rs.
>Full-vowel form: dibahigiziswaan.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Noun Animate noun
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n72992952046n
GKS Reference Number: 14022
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