bezhig

bezhig

1. one

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 874

From Proto-Algonquian *pe·šekwi.

• IPA^(key): /beːˈʒɪk/

bezhig (reduplicated form bebezhig)

1. one
2. a certain one

   Gii-adaaweyaan makizinan bakaan bezhig gii-izhinaagwad.

   When I bought shoes, one looked different.

• ashi-bezhig

• bezhigw-

• ingod- (“one”, initial)
• ningo- (“one”, preverb)

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/bezhig-adv-num

bezhig

1. one

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 875