dwa

Definition: kind, sort

dwa
>pr-an SI 1 kind, sort. "Wenesh dowa giigoonh waa-amwad izhi-giigoonh?"
>"What kind of fish do you want to eat?" AW1941.rn.
>Partner: dwa
>pr-in.
>Grammar note: This pronoun and its animate partner are poorly documented, being attested only once each in Angeline Wiliams' stories.
>Full-vowel form: dowa.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Pronoun Animate pronoun
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n201132911-12-7n
GKS Reference Number: 23903
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