aabtaa-dbik

Definition: midnight, the evening up to midnight (as a unit)

aabtaa-dbik
>ni-time 1 midnight, the evening up to midnight (as a unit). Gbe-giizhig da-niimwag gye go nigo aabtaa-dbik.
>There will be dancing all day and until midnight. AM1937.rs. Da-niimwag gye gwa nigwa aabtaa-dbik.
>They will dance, and till midnight too. AM1937.rs. Ngo-aabtaa-dbik gii-nmadbi kweji-giishtoot wi mjigoodenh.
>She sat up all evening until midnight trying to finish that dress. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: aabitaa-dibik.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Noun Inanimate noun
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n201132516-55-39n
GKS Reference Number: 23758
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