kawe-

Definition: do something first [before doing something else], do something first [before resuming another activity]

kawe-
>pv LH
>CCONJ ekawe-;
>CCONJ e-kawe-; 1 do something first [before doing something else], do something first [before resuming another activity]. Maa dash nbaagning kawe-giizhooshin gaa-shkwaa-mdoodoojin.
>He would first lie warmly covered a while in bed, after he had taken his steam bath. AM1937.rs. Mii dash gii-zhaad wii-kawe-niisaakbinaad.
>So then he went over to pull it loose first. AM1937.rs. Giga-akawe-zagaswaami ji-bwaa-maajaayang.
>We shall first smoke before we set out. AW1941.rn.
>Full-vowel form: akawe.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Affix Prefix
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n71428957519n
GKS Reference Number: 17063
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