aakziwin

Definition: disease, illness, sickness

aakziwin
>ni comm.
>pl aakziwnan; 1 disease, illness, sickness. Gegzhebaawgak gii-nishkaa, gye go mii iw gii-mno-bmaadzid, gii-maajaamgadnig daakziwin.
>When morning came he got up, and now he felt well and his illness had gone. AM1937.rs. Aapji gii-mno-bmaadzi gye kina iw sa daakziwin gii-maajaamgadni.
>He felt very good, and his illness was entirely gone. AM1937.rs.
>Full-vowel form: aakoziwin.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Noun Inanimate noun
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n72973259728n
GKS Reference Number: 11086
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