wezh'aa

Definition: dress smb. up, paint smb.'s face, adorn smb., deck smb. out, fix sth. (an.) up

wezh'aa
>vta comm
>1sIND nwezh’aa;
>3sCCONJ wyezh’aat;
>2sIMP wezhi’; 1 dress smb. up, paint smb.'s face, adorn smb., deck smb. out, fix sth. (an.) up. Maaba dash noos ge-wii gii-nbod kina gegoo sa gii-wezhhaa iw maa dengwying.
>When my father died he was adorned in evey way and painted on his face. AM1937.rs.
>Full-vowel form: wezhih.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Animate transitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73032949687n
GKS Reference Number: 21908
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