gbonaabaagwe

Definition: drown

gbonaabaagwe
>vai
>1sIND ngibnaabaagwe;
>3sCCONJ gebnaabaagwet; 1 drown. Mii dash gchi-gtaamgok mii-sh gii-gnabaasninig iw jiimaanwaa mii dash gii-gbwanaabaagwewaad, mii dash gaa-nji-wiijheyaawaad maaba gwiiwzens niw ookmisan.
>And there was a great storm and it capsized their boat and they drowned, and that's why this boy was staying with his grandmother. AK1976.rs.
>Full-vowel form: gibOnaabaagwe.

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: n73018653900n
GKS Reference Number: 15041
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