webi-

Definition: begin [to do something], start [to do something]

webi-
>pv LH 1 begin [to do something], start [to do something]. Gye go mii iw gii-webi-yaawaawaad niw sa binoojiinyan.
>Then they started to have children. AM1937.rs. Miinwaa gii-webi-wiisni.
>Again he started to eat. AM1937.rs. Mii go aazhi gwa webi-gmiwang.
>Then it started to rain. AM1937.rs.
>Full-vowel form: webi.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Affix Prefix
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73071882489n
GKS Reference Number: 21817
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