nam'e-giizhgak

Definition: in [a certain number of] weeks' time, [a certain number of] weeks ago

nam'e-giizhgak
>vii 1 in [a certain number of] weeks' time, [a certain number of] weeks ago. Ni-niizh-nam'e-giizhgak miinwaa gwii-n'kweshkdaadmi. We're going to meet again in two weeks. MC2011.cs. Eko-nso-nam'e-giizhgak shkwaach ngii-zhaanaaba Baagting. I last went to the Soo 3 weeks ago. MC2011.cs. Grammar note: This verb requires a number term or relative root /daS/ as root, to specify the number of years. Full-vowel form: anamIhe-giizhigak.

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: n73098559549n
GKS Reference Number: 19372
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