gwendam

Definition: grieve to death, die from grief

gwendam
>vai Wk
>1sIND ngwendam;
>3sCCONJ gewendang; 1 grieve to death, die from grief. Gii-gwendam; gaa go de-ngo-bboon eshkwaa-nbonit dakweman, mii gewii gii-nbot.
>He died from grief; not a year since his wife had died, he too died. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: g[a]wendam.

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: n73031719859n
GKS Reference Number: 16526
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