gikendan
Ojibwe edit
Etymology edit
gik- (“know”) + -end (“act on, perceive by thought”) + -an (vti class marker)
Verb edit
gikendan (changed conjunct form gekendang, stem gikend-)
- know
- Aanawi go ogii-gikendaan ji-wekwaaseying iwe ziinzibaakwad.
- He knew that we were going to run out of sugar but he didn't do anything about it.
- know about
- find out, realize
- remember
Derived terms edit
- gikenjige (“know things, detransitive”)
Related terms edit
- gikenim (“know someone or something, animate object”)
References edit
- The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/gikendan-vti