mbaabiignaan

Definition: raise sth. [on a rope]

mbaabiignaan
>vti comm.
>1sIND ndoo-mbaabiignaan;
>3sCCONJ wembaabiignang; 1 raise sth. [on a rope]. Mii dash go gaa-bmi-giizhiitaawaad, mii dash go ge wadi gaaming zhaagnaashii-kiwewin gii-mdwe-mbaabiignamwaad.
>When they were finished, across the water they (the allies) had also raised the British flag in the distance. SO1971.rs.
>Partner: mbaabiignaa
>vta.
>Full-vowel form: ombaabiiginan.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Inanimate transitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n71429445884n
GKS Reference Number: 17524
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