gaawiin njida

Definition: I'm sorry (i.e., conventional expression of regret for one's actions)

gaawiin njida
>expr comm 1 I'm sorry (i.e., conventional expression of regret for one's actions). Hoonh, hoonh… nookmis, gaawii gsha njida!
>Oh, oh, grandma I am so sorry! PL1997.rs.
>Full-vowel form: gaawiin onjida.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Expression/Interjection
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n201061010-41-43n
GKS Reference Number: 23550
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