zhiitaa

Definition: get ready

zhiitaa
>vai comm.
>1sIND nzhiitaa;
>3sCCONJ wezhiitaat; 1 get ready. Aanii-sh mii sa giiwenh wewiib gii-zhiitaawaad.
>Then they got ready very quickly. SO1971.rs. Zhiitaa wii-bbaa-giigoonket; zhaazhi gii-bkobiinaan jiimaan.
>He's getting ready to go fishing; he already put his boat in the water. MC2005.cs. Ndwewem giwi wii-bi-biindgeyaat giwi; mbe daa-zhiitaawak wii-nbaawaat.
>Call those guys to come in now; they should get ready for bed now. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: [o]zhiitaa.

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: n73033633664n
GKS Reference Number: 23058
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