gji'aa

Definition: test sth. (an.), try sth. (an.)

gji'aa
>vta comm.
>1sIND ngoj’aa;
>3sCCONJ gwej’aat;
>2sIMP gji’; 1 test sth. (an.), try sth. (an.). Gakina ogii-ni-gojihaan.
>He tried them all, one after the other. AW1941.rn. Gji' miinwaa wii-maajiishkaa'at.
>Try to start it [the car] up again. MC2005.cs.
>Partner: gjitoon
>vti.
>Full-vowel form: gojih.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Animate transitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73024557777n
GKS Reference Number: 15912
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