njijwan

Definition: flow from a certain place

njijwan
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>3sCCONJ wenjjiwang; 1 flow from a certain place. Ge go dbi njijwang ge wii go bkwebiigmi.
>Also, the place from which it flowed had muddied water. AM1937.rs. "Gijiishpin ningoji nisigooyaang mii imaa ge-onjijiwang miskwi.
>"If we are killed anywhere, blood will flow from here. AW1941.rn.
>Grammar note: Contains relative root /onD/.
>Full-vowel form: onjijiwan.

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: n71433048796n
GKS Reference Number: 20369
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