msawnawaa

Definition: be attracted by [the looks of] smb., find smb. attractive, take a shine to smb.

msawnawaa
>vta
>1sIND nmisawnawaa;
>3sCCONJ mesawnawaat;
>2sIMP msanaw; 1 be attracted by [the looks of] smb., find smb. attractive, take a shine to smb.. Ge sa ge naa miswinwaan kwewan.
>He (the intruder) really coveted the woman. SO1971.rs.
>Partner: msawnaan
>vti.
>Full-vowel form: misawinaw.

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: n73097975525n
GKS Reference Number: 18524
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