gbe-

Definition: all, whole [length of time], entire [length of time]

gbe-
>pn comm. 1 all, whole [length of time], entire [length of time]. Gbe-dbik gii-bmibzo aw mshkode-daabaan gye go gbe-giizhig, miinwaa go gbe-dbik.
>The train went all night and all day and all the next night. AM1937.rs. Ngoding ngii-nokiinaaba giiwednong gbe-bboon.
>Once I was working in the North all winter. AM1937.rs. Gbe-naagosh ngii-zhibiige; mii go baamaa yaaptaa-dbikak gii-oo-nbaayaanh.
>I wrote all evening; I didn't go to bed until midnight. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: gabe.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Affix Prefix
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73017881737n
GKS Reference Number: 14992
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