ganawaabandan
Ojibwe edit
Etymology edit
ganaw- (“care, attend”) + -aaband (“look at”) + -an (vti class marker)
Verb edit
ganawaabandan (stem ganawaaband-, changed conjunct form genawaabandang, reduplicated form gaganawaabandan)
- look at (takes an inanimate object)
- watch
- Endaso-dibik iko ninganawaabandaan nimazinaatesijigan.
- Every night I watch my television.
Derived terms edit
- ganawaabandamaw (“look at for someone”)
- ganawaabanjigaade (“it is looked at, "they" watch it”)
- ganawaabanjigaazo (“s/he is looked at, "they" watch her/him”)
- ganawaabanjige (“look at unspecified things”)
Related terms edit
- ganawaabam (“look at, watch, animate object”)
- ganawaabi (“look at, watch, no object”)
References edit
- The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/ganawaabandan-vti