bmaadzi
Definition:
be alive, live
Body
bmaadzi
>vai comm.
>1sIND nbimaadis;
>3sCCONJ bemaadzit; 1 be alive, live. Nshwaasmidna dso-bboon gii-bmaadzi.
>He lived eighty years. AM1937.rs. "Mii aw maanda ge-ni-nendaagok ji-ni-bmaadziyan niigaan.
>"This is the way it will seem when you live in the future. AK1976.rs. Mii dash go mnik gaa-bmaadzid gii-zgaswaa pii go naa jaanmendang.
>And for as long as she was alive she smoked whenever she was worried. AK1976.rs.
>Full-vowel form: bimaadizi.
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:
n72977666790n
GKS Reference Number:
13024