nwaachge

Definition: give a sign of impending events; portend

nwaachge
>vai
>1sIND nda-nwaachge;
>3sCCONJ e-nwaachget; 1 give a sign of impending events; portend. Gii-nwaachge iidik wa nday wii-nbot wa; gii-gchi-waawoona niizho-dbik.
>My dog must have given a sign that that person was going to die; two nights he howled loudly. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: Anwaachige.

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: n73033846243n
GKS Reference Number: 20852
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