dnawa

Definition: kind, sort

dnawa
>pr-in LH
>pl dnawan; 1 kind, sort. Ngii-nkwetwaa dash, Mii iw dnawa gye nii gaa-msawendmaan ji-nankiiyaambaa.
>I answered him, "That is the kind of work I would like to do." AM1937.rs. Wegnesh dnawa nboop ge-zhitoowaanh -- mbaale maage pinaaboo?
>What kind of soup shall I make -- barley or potato soup? MC2005.cs. Nawaj dnawan mzin'ignan tenoon: Nishnaabek dbaajmindwaa, aansookaanan gewe.
>There are all sorts of books: [books about] Indians, legends as well. MC2005.cs.
>Partner: dnawa
>pr-an.
>Full-vowel form: dinawa.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Pronoun Inanimate pronoun
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n72989351035n
GKS Reference Number: 14476
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