gshkendam

Definition: grieve deeply, mourn, be smitten by one's conscience

gshkendam
>vai NE
>1sIND ngashkendam;
>3sCCONJ egshkendang; 1 grieve deeply, mourn, be smitten by one's conscience. Mii dash gaa-naad, "Zgaswaan mii dash iw bkaan ji-nendman, gaawiin geyaabi gga-gshkendnzii."
>And he said to her, "Smoke, so that you may think differently, you won't still be sorrowful." AK1976.rs.
>Full-vowel form: gashkendam.

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: n7303066745n
GKS Reference Number: 16258
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