dbaabndakwe

Definition: forecast [weather], look at clouds [to forecast the weather]

dbaabndakwe
>vai GB
>1sIND ndibaabndakwe;
>3sCCONJ debaabndakwet; 1 forecast [weather], look at clouds [to forecast the weather] Jibwaa-tek mzinaatesjignan, gii-zaagjigaabwiwak ko Nishnaabek naagshik wii-dbaabndakweyaat.
>Before there were televisions, Indians used to step outside in the evening to look at the clouds. MC2005.cs. 2 be on guard. Mii go eta dbaabndakwed.
>He alone stayed on the watch. SO1971.rs.
>Full-vowel form: dibaabandakwe.

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: n72989360575n
GKS Reference Number: 14034
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