dzhikaa

Definition: take a certain amount of time [in transit] to do something

dzhikaa
>vai Wk
>1sIND ndazhikaa;
>3sCCONJ endzhikaat; 1 take a certain amount of time [in transit] to do something. Gbegiizhig gii-dzhikaa bbaa-ndoozit eskgamdenh.
>He took all day when he went out looking to get some [medicinal] tonic. MC2005.cs.
>Grammar note: Contains relative root /daN/.
>Full-vowel form: dazhikaa.

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: n73015351768n
GKS Reference Number: 14586
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