biboon

== Ojibwe == === Etymology === From Proto-Algonquian *pepo·ni. === Adverb === biboon year, winter ==== Usage notes ==== Used with a number preverb to count years (winters) ==== Related terms ==== biboonagizi (“be (a number of) years old”) === Verb === biboon (changed conjunct form beboong) it is winter Aapiji goonikaa noongom biboong. ― This winter there is a lot of snow. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== aabitaa-biboon (“it is midwinter”) biboonong (“last winter”) giiwe-biboon (“it is after midwinter”) ishpi-biboon (“it is late winter”) ==== See also ==== dagwaagin niibin ziigwan === References === Nora Livesay and John D. Nichols, editors (2012-2021), “biboon”, in Ojibwe People's Dictionary‎[1], University of Minnesota