gchay'aa

Definition: an adult, a grown-up

gchay'aa
>na SI
>pl gchay'aak; 1 an adult, a grown-up. Geget igo aniw miinan abinoojiinyag wegwen go gichayahaag gaye gwa mii iw enishkaagod wayeshkad oshki-miijid.
>In fact, when children or any grown persons, for that matter, for the first time eat those blueberries, they have this same effect. AW1941.rn.
>Full-vowel form: gichayahaa.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Noun Animate noun
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n201133010-51-52n
GKS Reference Number: 23947
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