zhin'kaaza
Definition:
be called a certain name, be so named
Body
zhin'kaaza
>vai LH
>1sIND ndizhnikaas;
>3sCCONJ ezhnikaazat; 1 be called a certain name, be so named. Gii-ggwejmaan dash Nenbozh niw gchi-bnensan ezhnikaaznid.
>Then Nenabush asked the biggest of the young partridges what his name might be. AM1937.rs. Mii dash gaa-naad, Mjiikwis ndizhnikaaz.
>This is what he told him, "Eldest brother is my name." AM1937.rs. Aapji shkwaaj egaachiinynijin, Aanii dash giin ezhnikaazyan? gii-naan.
>To the smallest one, in the end, he said, "And what is your name, you?" AM1937.rs.
>Partner: zhin'kaade
>vii.
>Full-vowel form: izhinikaazA.
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:
n73033639715n
GKS Reference Number:
23089