aawenmaa

Definition: construe smb. as another

aawenmaa
>vta comm.
>1sIND ndaawenmaa;
>3sCCONJ yaawenmaat; 1 construe smb. as another. 1. Ni'aa ngii-aawenmaa gsayenh, John gii-kidyin; gwiijkewenh nangna gdinaa.
>1. I construed the person to be your older brother, when you said John; you mean your friend! MC2005.cs. 2 think of smb. as challenging.
>Partner: aawendaan
>vti.
>Full-vowel form: aawenim.

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: n72974054810n
GKS Reference Number: 11396
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