aazhi

Definition: already, now

aazhi
>av NE 1 already, now. Mkadekehaawag giw gwiiwzensag mii dash aazhgo iw niibdegaabwihndwaa.
>The boys are fasting and now they are stood up in a row. AK1976.rs. Mii sa aazhgo gii-mkawag aw ngii-bzhibwaa dash mii-sh gaa-nji-noondaagzinid.
>Already I've found him, and I speared him and that's why he yelled. AK1976.rs. 2 at such time, then, when. Mii dash aazhgo mdaaswi gii-nsaawaad, mii dash iw gii-daapnamwaad iw deni.
>And when they had killed about ten, they took out the heart. AK1976.rs. Pii dash aazhgo iw eni-mdaaso-shi-niizh-dsobboon'gizid mii iw ngoding debkaag gii-gshkozid.
>And when he was getting to be twelve years old it happened one time that he woke up at night. AK1976.rs.
>Full-vowel form: aazhi.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Adverb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n72974451456n
GKS Reference Number: 11459
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