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Definition: dress up, paint oneself, deck oneself out, adorn oneself

wezh'o
>vai NE; rare in Wk
>1sIND nwezhi’;
>3sCCONJ ewezh’ot; 1 dress up, paint oneself, deck oneself out, adorn oneself. Wezhho gye gkizhe.
>He painted himself with charcoal. AM1937.rs. Pane biindig gii-yaa, ge go gii-wezhho kakzhe maa nowaang.
>He always stayed in the hut, and he painted his cheeks with charcoal. AM1937.rs.
>Full-vowel form: wezhiho.

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: n73032949953n

GKS Reference Number: 21909

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