dwa

Definition: kind, sort

dwa
>pr-in SI 1 kind, sort. Wiindamawishin wegone dowa waa-minozaman maa_gaye wiiyaas maa_gaye giigoonh."
>Tell me what you want to cook, meat or fish." AW1941.rn.
>Partner: dwa
>pr-an.
>Grammar note: This pronoun and its inanimate partner are poorly documented, being attested only once each in Angeline Wiliams' stories.
>Full-vowel form: dowa.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Pronoun Inanimate pronoun
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n201132911-15-5n
GKS Reference Number: 23904
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