gziingwewo

Definition: wash one's face

gziingwewo
>vai comm.
>1sIND ngiziingwew;
>3sCCONJ geziingwewot; 1 wash one's face. Giziingwehon.
>Wash your face. AW1941.rn. Zhiwi kik-oong nji-gwaab'an mbiish waa-nakaazyin gziingwewyin.
>Draw water from that pail, to use to wash your face. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: giziingweho.

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: n73032445795n
GKS Reference Number: 16737
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