gnebgowi

Definition: be a snake, turn into a snake

gnebgowi
>vai comm.
>1sIND nginebgow;
>3sCCONJ genengowit; 1 be a snake, turn into a snake. Gii-gnebgowaagba giiyenh zhiwi nishnaabek gaa-dnakiijik, naasookaade sa wi oodenwens.
>Legend says of that village, that the Indians who lived there supposedly turned into snakes. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: ginebigowi.

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: n73029110679n
GKS Reference Number: 16030
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