gnoozi

Definition: be tall

gnoozi
>vai comm.
>1sIND nginoos;
>3sCCONJ genoozit; 1 be tall. (narratives) Enwek sa naa dkwaabiigzi; washme da-gnoozi ngii-nendam.
>Is he ever short; I thought he'd be taller. MC2005.cs. 2 be long. Zaam gnoozi ndaadsookaan.
>My sacred story is too long. AM1937.rs.
>Full-vowel form: ginoozi.

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: n7302929492n
GKS Reference Number: 16072
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