jiinaago

Definition: yesterday

jiinaago
>av comm. 1 yesterday. Jiinaagwa gii-gmiwan.
>It rained yesterday. AM1937.rs. Ngii-naadmaag aw nini jiinaagwa.
>That man helped me yesterday. AM1937.rs. Gaa wiin ninishkaadiziitaagosii gii-nichiiwihag jiinaago wenaagoshig.
>She is not angry at me for having scolded her yesterday evening. AW1941.rn.
>Full-vowel form: jiinaago.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Adverb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73028439640n
GKS Reference Number: 16961
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