gzhaate

Definition: be hot [from the sun]

gzhaate
>vii comm.
>3sCCONJ gezhaatek; 1 be hot [from the sun]. (of weather) Aaniish epiichi-gzhaateg?
>How hot is it (weather)? MC2001.rs. Kaa gsha gdinin, gaawii giishpin gga-de-giizhiitaasii, miinwaa dash ooshme da-ni-baatiinwag mnidooshensag waabang… memdige go gchi-gzhaateg.
>No, I tell you, or you won’t finish on time and there will be more potato bugs tomorrow, especially when it is very hot and sunny. PL1997.rn. Aapji gii-gzhaate jiinaagwa.
>The weather was very hot yesterday. AM1937.rs.
>Full-vowel form: gizhaate.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Inanimate intransitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73032324471n
GKS Reference Number: 16627
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