kawaabndaan

Definition: guard sth., watch sth., be on the lookout for sth., watch for sth.

kawaabndaan
>vti comm.
>1sIND ndakwaabndaan;
>3sCCONJ ekwaabndang;
>1sIND ndakwaabndaan;
>3sCCONJ dekwaabndang; 1 guard sth., watch sth., be on the lookout for sth., watch for sth.. Gga-kawaabndaan maanda jiimaan maa yaaswaan."
>You'll look after this boat when I'm not here." AK1976.rs. Kawaabndan mail ; ndoo-income tax refund nbaabiitoon.
>Watch for the mail; I'm waiting for my income tax refund. MC2005.cs.
>Partner: kawaabmaa
>vta.
>Full-vowel form: akawaabandan.

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: n73017355760n
GKS Reference Number: 17054
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