-izi

-izi

1. masculine plural of -izio

• zii

• -iz

-izi

1. be in a state or condition

• aakozi (“be sick”)
• bimaadizi (“be alive”)
• goshkozi (“wake up, be awake”)
• makadewizi (“be black, be dark”)
• mashkawizi (“be strong, hard, dense”)
• minawaanigozi (“be happy, joyous, have a good time”)
• nibiiwizi (“be wet, be juicy”)

• -aa (“be in a state or condition, inanimate subject”)
• -ad (“be in a state or condition, inanimate subject”)
• -webizi (“behave, fare”)

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/word-part/izi-final

-izi (animate intransitive)

1. to be...

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 342