dchiwak
Definition:
be a certain number, be of such number
Body
dchiwak
>vaip PI
>1pIND ndachmin;
>3pCCONJ endchiwaat; 1 be a certain number, be of such number. Ngii-baatiinmin mdaaso go washme ngii-dchimin.
>There were many of us, we were more than ten. AK1976.rs. Gaawiin gii-baatiin'siiwag gnimaa go naa ngodwaasmidna gii-dchidgenag bezhig iw gaa-bmi-dnizwaad.
>There were not many, perhaps sixty formed a group where they dwelled in one place. AK1976.rs. Gaye gii-ogidaakiiwewag gakina igo minik endachiwaad.
>And they all went uphill, as many of them as there were. GM1940.rn.
>Grammar note: Requires specification of number by means of an independent quantity term.
>Full-vowel form: dachi.
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:
n201132717-2-0n
GKS Reference Number:
23870