maajii-

Definition: begin [to do something], start [to do something]

maajii-
>pv comm.
>CCONJ myaajii-; 1 begin [to do something], start [to do something]. Mii dash gii-maajii-aabjihaawaad niw semaan dbi iidog go gaa-zhaawaagwen mii go gii-gtigaanaawaad.
>And they began to use that tobacco wherever they might go and they cultivated it. AK1976.rs. Mnwendaagot mnookmik maajii-aabwaak.
>It's pleasant in the spring when it starts to warm up. MC2005.cs. Gii-aandse pii e-maajii-skoonwing; mdaaso-dbagaans nongo washme wiikaa maajtaawak.
>The time that school starts changed; now they start ten minutes later. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: maajii.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Affix Prefix
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n71429070801n
GKS Reference Number: 17248
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