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Definition: formal account, formal narrative; formal interpretation (of, e.g., an historical event)

gchi-gindaaswin
>ni Wk 1 formal account, formal narrative; formal interpretation (of, e.g., an historical event). Mii dash gaa-zhinaagdagbanen gchi-gindaaswin, gii-gchi-miigaadwangbanen ntam.
>This is an interpretation of what it must have been like, the first time we were involved in a great war. SO1971.rs. Mii dash gaa-zhinaagok gchi-gindaaswin.
>This is an account of what it was like. SO1971.rs.
>Full-vowel form: gichi-agindaasAwin.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)

Part of speech: Noun Inanimate noun

Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).

Unique ID: n201133011-39-32n

GKS Reference Number: 23955

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