giiwnaadzi

Definition: be crazy, be insane

giiwnaadzi
>vai comm.
>1sIND ngiiwnaadis;
>3sCCONJ gaawnaadzit; 1 be crazy, be insane. Giiwnaadzi maaba nini.
>This man is insane. AM1937.rs. Mii dash gegpii gaa-ni-zhi-giiwnaadzid.
>And later on he went crazy. AK1976.rs.
>Full-vowel form: giiwanaadizi.

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: n73024136220n
GKS Reference Number: 15801
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