bkaan'zi

Definition: be different, be someone different, be something different, be someone else, be something else

bkaan'zi
>vai comm.
>1sIND nbakaanis;
>3sCCONJ bekaanzit; 1 be different, be someone different, be something different, be someone else, be something else. Mii dash miinawaa bekaanizinijin gaa-izhi-andawaabamaad ahaw Anishinaabe.
>And that Indian also looked for another one in his place. GM1940.rn. Gakina gegoo dibishkoo wiin dibendang gii-izhi-ayaa bekaanizinijin debendaminid.
>They acted as if they owned everything that belonged to other people. AW1941.rn. Bkaanzi wa gaa-bi-gnoozhit neyaap; gaawii wa gaa-gnoonak jiinaago aaw-sii.
>That was someone else that called me back; she's not the one I called yesterday. MC2005.cs.
>Partner: bkaanat
>vii.
>Full-vowel form: bakaanizi.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Animate intransitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n72977551839n
GKS Reference Number: 12824
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