A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE ...

Another example of this usage appears in the following example where a little girl
was taking beads away from the adults. Instead of taking beads from them, she was
urged to go around to all the wigwams to beg for beads instead. Here, while there is no
charge of guilt or a defense against that charge, there is indeed a competition of
dispositions: those of the adults, and that of the little child.
(83) isa (Kegg 1991:92-93)
a) “Naawakamigook,” ikido bezhig a’aw ninoshenh, “aaniin nanda
Naawakamigook she says one that my aunt why DM
babaa-zaagidon 57 imaa iniw wiigiwaaman!”
go around begging there those wigwams
b) Ingikinoo’amaag-sh ge-ikidoyaan.
she taught me what I will say
c) “Giga-miinigoo manidoominensag.
you will be given beads
d) Mii mewinzha gaa-izhichigeng.”
DP long ago what was done
e) Inzhaagwenim isa.
I am hesitant DM
f) Ingagiibaadiz.
I am foolish
g) Indagaashiinh.
I am small
h) Nimisawenimaag gaye ingiw manidoominensag, gaa-izhi-agwazhe’id moshwens.
I want them also those beads so she covered me shawl
a) ‘Naawakamigook,” said one of my aunts, “why don’t you go around and beg
there at the wigwams.”
b) She taught me what to say.
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My consultants are unfamiliar with the term zaagidon. It perhaps is a term which also has gone out of
use for modern speakers.
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