niinwendam

Definition: find something poignant, feel a sense of poignancy

niinwendam
>vai LH
>1sIND nniinwendam;
>3sCCONJ naanwendang; 1 find something poignant, feel a sense of poignancy. Aapji go nniinwendam mkwenmak nwiijkewenaa wii-aapji-maajaat waswaabang.
>I'm finding it so poignant thinking of the fact that our friend will be leaving forever the day after tomorrow. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: niinwendam.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Animate intransitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n71431765656n
GKS Reference Number: 20073
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