kawaabi
Definition:
watch, stand guard
Body
kawaabi
>vai comm.
>1sIND ndakwaap;
>3sCCONJ ekwaabit;
>1sIND ndakwaap;
>3sCCONJ ekwaabit; 1 watch, stand guard. Gaa waya ekwaabid nwaabmaasii.
>I did not see anyone keeping watch. AM1937.rs. Waasa gii-kawaabi sa waa-bi-dgoshnin'jin waa-bi-nsigwaajin.
>From a long ways off he would observe those who were coming to kill him. AM1937.rs. Mii aniw ogitiziimiwaan gaa-bi-naganaawaajin endaso-giizhigak apane gii-akawaabiwag.
>Those parents of theirs whom they had left behind kept watch all the time day by day. AW1941.rn. 2 field.
>Full-vowel form: akawaabi.
Languages:
Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech:
Verb
Animate intransitive verb
Source of term:
Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID:
n73017354675n
GKS Reference Number:
17051