bgidendwak

Definition: hold funerals, hold burial rites

bgidendwak
>vaip
>1pIND nbagdendmi;
>3pCCONJ begdendwaat; 1 hold funerals, hold burial rites. Zhaazhi go gaa-zhichgewaad ge-wiinwaa giw gii-bgidendwaad ji-bwaa-dgoshing aw yaabshkiiwed.
>The way they did when they held burial rites before the white man came. AM1937.rs.
>Full-vowel form: bagidendi.

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: n201132615-34-34n
GKS Reference Number: 23806
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