gnwaanwe

Definition: have a long tail

gnwaanwe
>vai
>1sIND nginwaanwe;
>3sCCONJ genwaanwet; 1 have a long tail. Aapiji gomaapii gii-ginwaanowe.
>Soon it had a very long tail. AW1941.rn. Waagosh mii gii-maajiibatood gii-wiikwajitood wii-ginwaanowed.
>Then the fox ran off to bring it about that its tail might be long. AW1941.rn.
>Full-vowel form: ginwaanowe.

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: n20114120-22-15n
GKS Reference Number: 24040
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