giizhgat

Definition: be day, be daytime

giizhgat
>vii comm.
>3sCCONJ gaazhgak; 1 be day, be daytime. Mii maanda bngii sa ezhi-dbaajmoyaan iw noongo giizhgak.
>This then is what little I have to say today. AM1937.rs. Mii maanda niigaan da-ni-giizhgak ge-mno-aabjitooyan.
>In days to come you will have good use of this." AM1937.rs. "Eni-nso-giizhgadnik gii-aabjiibaa."
>"On the third day, he rose from the dead." MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: giizhigad.

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: n73024179830n
GKS Reference Number: 15840
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