waawiindaan
Definition:
name sth.
Body
waawiindaan
>vti LH
>1sIND nwaawiindaan;
>3sCCONJ yaawiindang; 1 name sth.. Nganoonaag giw nishnaabeg ji-nokiitwiwaad pii ndawenjgeyaan miinwaa nnandwendaan ji-waawiindmowaad iw mnis.
>I'm asking some Indians to work for me when I go hunting, and also I want them to give the island a name." AK1976.rs. Gii-waawiindaanaawaa dash go giw nishnaabeg, "Waaswaani," gii-zhinkaadaanaawaa.
>So the Indians named it, "Shining Lights" they called it so. AK1976.rs.
>Partner: waawiinaa
>vta.
>Full-vowel form: waawiindan.
Languages:
Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech:
Verb
Inanimate transitive verb
Source of term:
Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID:
n73032778n
GKS Reference Number:
21765