waawyeyaa

Definition: be round

waawyeyaa
>vii comm.
>3sCCONJ yaawyeyaak; 1 be round. Aw maa gaazhgens waawyeyaani ge wii makdewshkiinzhgwaan.
>The pupil of a cat's eye is round. AM1937.rs. Mii dash gaa-zhi-waawyeyaagin niw nmoowan."
>So then those droppings of mine grew round." AM1937.rs.
>Partner: waawyezi
>vai.
>Full-vowel form: waawiyeyaa.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Inanimate intransitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n7303277360n
GKS Reference Number: 21789
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