menshizi

Definition: be fooled [due to an unexpected outcome], be fooled [in one's expectations]

menshizi
>vai WK
>1sIND nmenshis;
>3sCCONJ myenshizit; 1 be fooled [due to an unexpected outcome], be fooled [in one's expectations]. Niin sa wii nbi-wiikjiiwnigoo ngi-nendam; ngichi-menshis.
>I thought I was being invited; I sure was fooled. MC2005.cs. Nbaknaage ngii-nendam; ngichi-menshis.
>I thought I had won; I sure was fooled. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: menishizi.

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: n72967736507n
GKS Reference Number: 17797
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