andawendan

Ojibwe

Alternative forms

• nandawendan

Etymology

andaw- (“seek, look for”) + -end (“act on, perceive by thought, feel in the mind”) + -an (vti class marker)

Verb

andawendan (stem andawend-, changed conjunct form endawendang)

1. need
2. want

   Ogii-kwiinawendaan 'iw gaa-andawendang gaa-onji-mindawed.

   What he wanted wasn't there so he got kind of mad and said the hell with it.

Related terms

• andawenim (“need, want, hunt an animate object”)
• misawendan (“want, desire”)

See also

• manezi (“be in need of, be short of”)
• noonde- (“need to, before the usual time”)
• wii- (“going to, will, want to”)

References

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/andawendan-vti