{n}zhishenh

Definition: my uncle

{n}zhishenh
>nad LH
>pl nzhishenyik; 1 my uncle. Nzhishenh go pane ngii-miinig shkodewaaboo."
>"My uncle always gave me whiskey. AM1937.rs. Pii zhishenyan eshmigjin ziisbaakdoons, 'Miigwech,' dinaan. Mii dash enaad miigwech.
>Whenever his uncle gives him candy he thanks him. Then he says to him, "Thank you." AM1937.rs. Giimooji-nawendaagninaa wa; gzhishennaa niwin gwisan.
>That's our secret cousin; that's our uncle's son [from an affair]. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: zhisheny.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Noun Dependent animate noun
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73072869095n
GKS Reference Number: 20926
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