nchiiyaan'gidoon

Definition: talk tough; talk big

nchiiyaan'gidoon
>vai
>1sIND nnichiiyaan’gidoon;
>3sCCONJ nechiiyaan’gidoong; 1 talk tough; talk big. Nishaa go nnichiiyaan'gidoon; pii'sh wii go gegoo zhiwebak, da-gjib'iwe.
>He talks tough for nothing; when something happens, he'll run away. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: nichiiyaanagidoon.

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: n73033630695n
GKS Reference Number: 19587
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