naawkwe

Definition: be noon

naawkwe
>vii comm.
>3sCCONJ nyaawkwek; 1 be noon. "Nango naawkwe nga-dzhitaa waabang, mii go naawkweg gchi-waakaahgan ji-biingeshkmaan."
>"It will take me half a day tomorrow, and at noon I will enter the fort." SO1971.rs. Mii go naawkweg.
>It was noon. SO1971.rs. Maampii dzhi-nokiin nnaazh ji-naawkweg.
>Work here until noon. AM1937.rs.
>Full-vowel form: naawakwe.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Inanimate intransitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n71431147455n
GKS Reference Number: 19280
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