wenbise

Definition: flop down [to sit], grab a seat

wenbise
>vai
>1sIND nwenbise;
>3sCCONJ yenbiset; 1 flop down [to sit], grab a seat. Mii go gii-oo-wenbiset zhiwi bezgwiiyaanh.
>He went and grabbed my seat as soon as I'd gotten up. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: wenabise.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Animate intransitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73034032512n
GKS Reference Number: 21849
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