aakzi
Definition:
be sick, get sick
Body
aakzi
>vai comm.
>1sIND ndaakos;
>3sCCONJ yaakzit; 1 be sick, get sick. Gye go mii gii-bmi-dkajid widi gaa-dnizid, gii-aakzid dash.
>Then he caught a cold along the way there where he was staying, and he fell ill. AM1937.rs. Waya yaakzijin mii go gii-mdoodoohind maa mdoodoowgamgong.
>When anyone fell ill he was given a steam bath there in the sweating lodge. AM1937.rs. 2 be in labour. (of pregnant women) Ningoding wenaagoshig mii iw aakozid.
>One evening she went into labour. AW1941.rn. "Gaa wii ginwezh giga-aakozisii," odigoon aniw odaniniiman ayaawinijin.
>"You will not be in labour long," he told her who was her husband. AW1941.rn.
>Full-vowel form: aakozi.
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:
n72973251014n
GKS Reference Number:
11077