gnawendmawaa

Definition: look after something for smb., take care of something for smb.

gnawendmawaa
>vta LH
>1sIND nganwendmawaa;
>3sCCONJ genwendmawaat;
>2sIMP gnawendmaw; 1 look after something for smb., take care of something for smb.. Gii-gchi-gtige maa naa aw kiwenziinh ji-bwaa-maajaad gii-ggwejimaan dash niw nishnaabe-kiwenziinyan ji-gnawendmaagod iw gitgaan.
>The old man had done a lot of planting before he left, and he asked this old Indian man to look after his garden for him. AK1976.rs.
>Full-vowel form: ganawendamaw.

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: n7302919696n
GKS Reference Number: 16018
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