gchi-zhinaagot

Definition: look unusual, look showy, look ostentatious

gchi-zhinaagot
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>3sCCONJ gechi-zhinaagok; 1 look unusual, look showy, look ostentatious. Gchizhinaagot wi wiigwaam; gchi-desgaan te, gchi-kodaandwaagan, gchi-waasechganan, chandeliers gewe.
>That house looks is ostentatious; it has a big deck, big stairway, big windows, and chandeliers. MC2005.cs.
>Partner: gchi-zhinaagzi
>vai.
>Full-vowel form: gichi-izhinaagOd.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Inanimate intransitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73020082941n
GKS Reference Number: 15117
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