dnakii
Definition:
live on a particular piece of land
Body
dnakii
>vai LH
>1sIND ndoo-dnakii;
>3sCCONJ endnakiit; 1 live on a particular piece of land. Maampii nikekmig ndazhi-ndaadiz, baamaa dash miinwaa ngii-wa-dnakii widi Walpole Island.
>I was born here on this side of the border, but afterwards I went to live there on Walpole Island. AM1937.rs. Oodenaang dnakii.
>He lives in Detroit. AM1937.rs. Geget gii-minwendamoog endanakiijig.
>The people who lived there were glad. AW1941.rn. Neyaashiing ko giwi gii-dnakiiwak, oodenaang dash maapiich gii-bi-noodegziwak.
>They used to live out on the cape, then eventually they moved here into town. MC2005.cs.
>Grammar note: Contains relative root /daN/.
>Full-vowel form: danakii.
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:
n73013959463n
GKS Reference Number:
14471