dkoozi

Definition: be short [in height]

dkoozi
>vai comm.
>1sIND nda-koos;
>3sCCONJ dekoozit; 1 be short [in height]. Washme mBill dkoozi pii dash niin.
>Bill is shorter than I am. MC2001.rs. Washme ndoo-dkooz pii dash mBill.
>I am shorter than Bill. MC2001.rs. Aapji go dkoozi wa kwe; wendgwenh go waawaach naan-zit da-de-koozit.
>That woman is very short; I don't know if she's even five feet tall. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: dakoozi.

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: n73013754498n
GKS Reference Number: 14424
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