gwiinwaabmaa

Definition: find no sign of smb. absent, find smb. missing, be unable to find smb.

gwiinwaabmaa
>vta
>1sIND ngwiinwaabmaa;
>3sCCONJ e-gwiinwaabmaat;
>2sIMP gwiinwaabam; 1 find no sign of smb. absent, find smb. missing, be unable to find smb.. "Atayaa gigii-bi-gwiinawaabamigoo iwidi iidog gaa-dazhi-dagwaagishiyan."
>"Well now, we looked for you in vain over there where you probably spent the autumn." GM1940.rn. Ndaanawii-oo-ndawaabmaa, ngii-oo-gwiinwaabmaa dash.
>I tried to go look for him, but I found him absent. MC2005.cs.
>Partner: gwiinwaabndaan
>vti.
>Full-vowel form: gwiinawaabam.

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: n73031724092n
GKS Reference Number: 16553
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