getzit
Definition:
elderly person, old person
Body
getzit
>na-pt Wp
>pl getzijik;
>obv getzin'jin; 1 elderly person, old person. Bezhig dash go wesiinh sa gii-zhiingwenmaawaan sa giw getzijig ji-zhwenmaanid niw sa dooshkniigiimwaan.
>And one creature there was whom those old people hated to bless their young persons. AM1937.rs. Mii dash gaa-naad aw getzid gaa wiin aw mandaagnini da-daapnaasig sa sha waa-wiindmaagod.
>And the old person would tell him not to accept that fine gentleman and what he would tell him. AM1937.rs.
>Full-vowel form: getizid.
Languages:
Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech:
Verb
Participle verb
Source of term:
Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID:
n20114213-7-54n
GKS Reference Number:
24053