aawendmitwaa

Definition: construe smb.'s remarks in a certain way

aawendmitwaa
>vta
>1sIND ndaawendmitwaa;
>3sCCONJ yaawendmitwaat;
>2sIMP aawendmitaw; 1 construe smb.'s remarks in a certain way. Zhaazhyi sa wii gii-giizhiitaat wa ngii-zhi-aanwendmitwaa; gaa nangna mshi giizhiitaa-sii?
>She was finished already [was what] I construed from her remarks; you mean she's not finished yet? MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: aawendamitaw.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Animate transitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n72974054952n
GKS Reference Number: 11395
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