dzhiikaan

Definition: work at sth., be occupied with sth.

dzhiikaan
>vti LH
>1sIND ndi-dzhiikaan;
>3sCCONJ endzhiikang; 1 work at sth., be occupied with sth.. Ngo-dba'giiswaan ngii-dzhiikaan nnaatoowaanh wi bshkozhgan.
>I worked at the mower for one hour fixing it. MC2005.cs.
>Partner: dzhiikwaa
>vta.
>Grammar note: Contains relative root /daN/.
>Full-vowel form: dazhiikan.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Inanimate transitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73015348772n
GKS Reference Number: 14583
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