gchay'aawi

Definition: be an adult, be a grown-up

gchay'aawi
>vai SI
>1sIND ngichya'aaw;
>3sCCONJ gechya'aawit; 1 be an adult, be a grown-up. Gaye wii agiw aanind mii go naasaab ezhi-naadamaagowaad, gomaapii eni-gichayahaawiwaad agiw animoonsag; mii go naasaab ezhi-giihosewaad.
>And in the same way those others were helped by them, those puppies who in the course of time had grown up; they in the same way went hunting. AW1941.rn.
>Full-vowel form: gichayahaawi.

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: n201133010-55-35n
GKS Reference Number: 23948
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