nigaatwaa

Definition: be saddened by what smb. says, be saddened in hearing smb. call out, find smb.'s story sad

nigaatwaa
>vta comm.
>1sIND nnigaatwaa;
>3sCCONJ en’gaatwaat;
>2sIMP nigaataw; 1 be saddened by what smb. says, be saddened in hearing smb. call out, find smb.'s story sad.
>Partner: nigaataan
>vti.
>Full-vowel form: inigaataw.

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: n71431662432n
GKS Reference Number: 19967
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