gaawiin

Definition: no, not

gaawiin
>av 1 no, not. Gaawiin gii-baatiin'siiwag gnimaa go naa ngodwaasmidna gii-dchidgenag bezhig iw gaa-bmi-dnizwaad.
>There were not many, perhaps sixty formed a group where they dwelled in one place. AK1976.rs. Gaawiin dash ogii-mizhwaasiin.
>But he did not hit them. GM1940.rn. Gaawiin ngikendziin endgwen nebaagwen.
>I don't know whether he may be asleep. PI1978.rs.
>Grammar note: Requires associated verbs to be inflected for negation.
>Full-vowel form: gaawiin.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Adverb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n201132923-1-8n
GKS Reference Number: 23937
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