gzhaadaan

Definition: babysit sth., take care of sth. [for owner], watch over sth. [for owner]

gzhaadaan
>vti comm.
>1sIND ngizhaadaan;
>3sCCONJ gezhaadang; 1 babysit sth., take care of sth. [for owner], watch over sth. [for owner]. Aasnaa weweni gzhaadan maanda endaayaang bebaa-piitendyaang.
>Watch our home well, eh, while we're gone. MC2005.cs.
>Partner: gzhaanaa
>vta.
>Full-vowel form: gizhaadan.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Inanimate transitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73031729754n
GKS Reference Number: 16616
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