gnawenmaa

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

gnawenmaa
>vta LH
>1sIND nganwenmaa;
>3sCCONJ genwenmaat;
>2sIMP gnawenim; 1 look after smb., take care of smb.. Gnawenim gbe-bboon.
>Take care of him through the winter. AM1937.rs. Ni-gnawenmishnaang niigaan giizhgadoon.
>Do Thou watch over us in the days to come. AM1937.rs. "Aaniish wii weweni babaa-ganawenimaasiwad gookomis?" ogii-igoon aniw ogashiwan.
>"Why did you not attend properly to your grandmother?" her mother asked her. AW1941.rn.
>Partner: gnawendaan
>vti.
>Full-vowel form: ganawenim.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Animate transitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n7302919803n
GKS Reference Number: 16019
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