gnawendaan

Definition: look after sth., take care of sth.

gnawendaan
>vti LH
>1sIND nganwendaan;
>3sCCONJ genwendang; 1 look after sth., take care of sth.. "Semaa gga-biidmoon niibwa go giishpin weweni gnawendman iw ngitgaan," gii-naan niw kiwenziinyan.
>"I'll bring you lots of tobacco if you take good care of my garden," he said to that old man. AK1976.rs. Ozaam niibiwa ninganawendaan zhooniyaa.
>I have too much money about me. (i.e., I'm looking after too much money.) AW1941.rn.
>Partner: gnawenmaa
>vta.
>Full-vowel form: ganawendan.

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: n7302919504n
GKS Reference Number: 16017
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