mewinzha
Ojibwe
Adverb
mewinzha
long ago
, a long time ago
Mewinzha
gii-kopibatoowag igiw abinoonjiiyag endawaabamadwaa.
The children you are looking for ran up from the lake
long ago
.
See also
gayat
(
“
long ago, previously
”
)
iko
(
“
used to
”
)
References
Nora Livesay and John D. Nichols, editors (
2012-2021
), “
mewinzha
”, in
Ojibwe People's Dictionary
[1]
, University of Minnesota