dasogonagad

Ojibwe

Etymology

From

• /daso/: so many, so much, a certain number
• /-gonag-/: day
• /-ad/: it is in a state or condition

Cognate with Unami txukwënàkàt (“it is a certain number of days, it is so many days”).

Verb

dasogonagad

1. (inanimate, intransitive) it is so many days, it is a certain number of days

References

• Nora Livesay and John D. Nichols, editors (2012-2021), “dasogonagad”, in Ojibwe People's Dictionary‎^[1], University of Minnesota