aanwewzi

Definition: fail, be unsuccessful

aanwewzi
>vai comm.
>1sIND ndaanwewis;
>3sCCONJ yaanwewzit; 1 fail, be unsuccessful Toronto ndi-zhaanaaba, ngii-aanwewis dash; ngii-noonde-biigdaabaane.
>I was going to Toronto, but I failed; my car broke down. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: aanwewizi.

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: n72973468253n
GKS Reference Number: 11239
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