dawemaawndiwak

Definition: be brother and sister to each other

dawemaawndiwak
>vaip-recip
>1sIND ndawemaawndimi;
>3sCCONJ e-dawemaawndiwaat; 1 be brother and sister to each other. Dawemaawndiwan giwik gitziimwaan; mii wi ezhi-nawemaawaat Waagshan giwik.
>Their parents are brother and sister; that's how those [people] related are related to the Foxes. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: [o]dawemaawindi.

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: n72989354762n
GKS Reference Number: 14009
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