googii
Definition:
dive
Body
googii
>vai comm.
>1sIND ngoogii;
>3sCCONJ gwaagiit; 1 dive. Ezhi-gshkitooyan go gga-googii.
>You must dive as deep as you can. SO1971.rs. Aanii-sh manj go naa iidig mnik dshing gaa-googiigwen wa, de-mnik sa go iidig wgii-maawnjitoon wi kiins.
>It's not known how many times he dived, probably as often as was necessary to gather up the little bits of earth. SO1971.rs. Mii dash maa gaa-nji-googiid gii-nakzhiwed widi yaanid.
>Then he dived from there and swam over to where they were. AM1937.rs.
>Full-vowel form: googii.
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:
n73030424817n
GKS Reference Number:
16166