bi-giiwe

Definition: come [back] home

bi-giiwe
>vai Wk
>1sIND nbi-giiwe;
>3sCCONJ e-bi-giiwet; 1 come [back] home. Pii bi-giiweyaanh, gaa_wii ngii-Nishnaabemsii.
>When I came home, I no longer spoke Indian. NS1975.rs. Mii dash gii-bi-giiwewaad debkadnig dash gii-dgoshnoog.
>And they came home and arrived just at dark. AK1976.rs. Ooshtibi dash bbaa-zhaan; jibwaa-aabtaa-dbikak shwii go aabdek gga-bi-giiwe.
>Go then; but make sure you come home before midnight. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: bi-giiwe.

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: n201141019-34-8n
GKS Reference Number: 24326
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