aanwitoon

Definition: fail to budge sth., be unable to get sth. to work

aanwitoon
>vti comm.
>1sIND ndaanwitoon;
>3sCCONJ yaanwitoot; 1 fail to budge sth., be unable to get sth. to work. Aanwitoon wii-maajiishkaatoot bshkozhgan; da-nookii aabdek da-nnaawchigaadenik.
>He's unable to start the mower; he'll have to get it fixed. MC2005.cs.
>Partner: aanwi'aa
>vta.
>Full-vowel form: aanawitoon.

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: n72973468036n
GKS Reference Number: 11244
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