getnaamzi

Definition: make a determined effort, try really hard, work really hard [on something]

getnaamzi
>vai
>1sIND ngetnaamis;
>3sCCONJ gyetnaamzit; 1 make a determined effort, try really hard, work really hard [on something]. Getnaamzin skoonwiyin.
>Work really hard when you go to school. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: [ga]getinaamizi.

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: n73020053817n
GKS Reference Number: 15271
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