nigaawenmaa

Definition: feel bad about smb.'s situation, feel sorry for smb., pity smb.

nigaawenmaa
>vta comm.
>1sIND nnigaawenmaa;
>3sCCONJ en’gaawenmaat;
>2sIMP nigaawenim; 1 feel bad about smb.'s situation, feel sorry for smb., pity smb.. Gaawii memkaach kikoons ngii-nakaazsiin, mii go eta gii-jiishwebnagwaa, ngii-nigaawenmaag wii-nsagwaa mnidooshensag.
>I didn’t have to use the little pail, I just brushed them off. I felt too sorry for the bugs to kill them. PL1997.rs.
>Partner: nigaawendaan
>vti.
>Full-vowel form: inigaawenim.

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: n71431745005n
GKS Reference Number: 19972
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