niigi

Definition: be born, come into the world

niigi
>vai PI
>1sIND nniig;
>3sCCONJ naagit; 1 be born, come into the world. Parry Sound ngii-dzhi-niig.
>Parry Sound, I was born there.; I was born in Parry Sound. PI1978.rs.
>Full-vowel form: niigi.

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: n201132912-38-52n
GKS Reference Number: 23906
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