gwisi

Definition: have (as) a son, be a father to smb. (a son)

gwisi
>vaio SI
>1sIND ndoogwis;
>3sCCONJ wegsit; 1 have (as) a son, be a father to smb. (a son). Ningii-gikenimaa wegwisid.
>I knew his father. AW1941.rn.
>Full-vowel form: ogwisi.

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: n20114216-43-17n
GKS Reference Number: 24063
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