dgwaagi

Definition: be autumn, be fall

dgwaagi
>vii comm.
>3sCCONJ degwaagik; 1 be autumn, be fall. Mewnzha giw nishnaabeg mii gaa-zhichgewaad iw dgwaagig.
>Long ago this is what the Indians did in the fall. AK1976.rs. Mii sa degwaagig gii-maajaawaad wii-babaa-nandawenjiged ahaw Anishinaabe.
>Then in the fall when they started out, this Indian wanted to go about hunting. GM1940.rn. Gabe-dagwaagi gii-aakozi.
>He was ill all through the autumn. AW1941.rn. Meminda ge dagwaagig maji-izhiwebad.
>Especially in the autumn there are storms. AW1941.rn.
>Full-vowel form: dagwaagi.

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).
Unique ID: n73004846045n
GKS Reference Number: 14289
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