di

Definition: have happen to one in a certain way; have something be wrong with one

di
>vai
>1sIND ndind?;
>3sCCONJ endit?; 1 have happen to one in a certain way; have something be wrong with one. "Aa gaawiin gegoo da-disiiwag ogow agwajiing ji-nibaawaad."
>"Oh, nothing will happen to them sleeping outside." GM1940.rn. 'Aaniish endgit?' ndik; 'Gaawii go gegoo dsii,' ndinaa sa.
>'What's wrong with him?' he says to me; so I say to him, 'There's nothing wrong with him.' MC2005.cs.
>Grammar note: This is known to be an extremely unusual verb in its inflectional behaviour, and is only attested here in a single form.
>Full-vowel form: di.

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: n201132720-52-40n
GKS Reference Number: 23884
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