giigeyaa

Definition: give smb. something to savour

giigeyaa
>vta
>1sIND ngiigeyaa;
>3sCCONJ gyaageyaat;
>2sIMP giigew; 1 give smb. something to savour. (of food and of gossip) Zhooshkjiwaanan nga-zhitmawaa; gegeti nga-giigeyaa.
>I'll make dumplings for him; I'll give him something to really savour. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: ?giige[h].

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Animate transitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73021452811n
GKS Reference Number: 15520
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