dswewaan'gizi

Definition: be a certain number of (different) kinds

dswewaan'gizi
>vai SI
>3sCCONJ endswewaan'gizit; 1 be a certain number of (different) kinds. Ogii-maawanzomaan binesiwan zhiishiiban gakina endaswewaanagizinid.
>He called together all the kinds of birds— that is, ducks. AW1941.rn. "Gitakamigaang izhaadaa," ogii-inaan gakina endaswewaanagiziwaad.
>"Let us go to the mainland," he told them, as many families as there were of them. AW1941.rn.
>Partner: dswewaan'gat
>vii.
>Grammar note: Contains relative root /daS/.
>Full-vowel form: daswewaanagizi.

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: n201132821-1-11n
GKS Reference Number: 23901
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