nawezi

Definition: change one's mind out of spite

nawezi
>vai
>1sIND ndanwes;
>3sCCONJ enwezit; 1 change one's mind out of spite. Ga-ke-gziinaagne jibwaa-bbaa-damnayin ngii-naa, mii'sh go gii-nawezit.
>You wash the dishes before you go playing outside, I told her, so then she changed her mind. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: anawezi.

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: n73033615689n
GKS Reference Number: 19439
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