gchi-miigaadim

Definition: be at war [involving many countries], be a world war

gchi-miigaadim
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>3sCCONJ gechi-miigaading; 1 be at war [involving many countries], be a world war. Niibna nishnaabek gewiinwaa gii-dkamiiwak gii-gchi-miigaading.
>Many Indians went across too when the world war was on. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: gichi-miigaadim.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Inanimate intransitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73019343757n
GKS Reference Number: 15079
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