wiijiiwe

Definition: accompany people, join [a group], participate [in an activity]

wiijiiwe
>vai comm.
>1sIND nwiijiiwe;
>3sCCONJ waajiiwet; 1 accompany people, join [a group], participate [in an activity]. Ngii-bbaa-wiijiiwe gii-zhaayaat Toronto.
>I went along when they went to Toronto. MC2005.cs. 2 belong [to a group, organization, etc.]. Msawaa dash wii go zhiiwii-sik maaba Woodland School gaa-wiijiiwejik wii pii gaa-zhiiwiiyaat, naagdini wii go zhiwi miznibiiganing gchi-zhaazhi gaa-zhi-mzinbiiwaawaat kwewan Nishnaabek (fig. 11).
>Yet, while far removed from the work of the Woodland School painters at the time, in these images of womankind Odjig references an ancient iteration of the Anishnabe female glyph (fig. 11). MC2007.cs.
>Full-vowel form: wiijiiwe.

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: n73033034037n
GKS Reference Number: 21983
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