dbikat
Definition:
be dark, be night
Body
dbikat
>vii comm.
>3sCCONJ debkak; 1 be dark, be night. E-ni-dbikak mii gii-noondwangdwaa Nimkiig, ge go gii-gchi-nimkiikaag.
>When night came we heard the Thunders, and there was a great thunderstorm. AM1937.rs. Mii dash gii-bi-giiwewaad debkadnig dash gii-dgoshnoog.
>And they came home and arrived just at dark. AK1976.rs. Mii dash gii-maajaad gii-zhaad niw ookmisan, "Mii go maajaad aw ndoodoom noongo dbikak."
>And he left and went to his grandmother, "My mother is going away tonight." AK1976.rs.
>Full-vowel form: dibikad.
Languages:
Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech:
Verb
Inanimate intransitive verb
Source of term:
Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Related Language Item:
dbikaa
Unique ID:
n72994040605n
GKS Reference Number:
14081