ganawendan
Ojibwe
Etymology
ganaw- (“care”) + -end (“act on, perceive by thought”) + -an (vti class marker)
Verb
ganawendan (changed conjunct form genawendang, reduplicated form gaganawendan, stem ganawend-)
- take care of, protect, keep
- Omiigaadaan odanokiiwin ji-ganawendang.
- She's fighting to keep her job.
Derived terms
- ganawendamaw (“take care of, protect, keep for”)
- ganawenjigaade (“be taken care of, protected, kept, "they" take care of it, inanimate subject”)
- ganawenjigaazo (“be taken care of, protected, kept, "they" take care of her/him/it, animate subject”)
- ganawenjige (“take care of, protect, keep unspecified things”)
Related terms
- ganawenim (“take care of, protect, keep, animate object”)
References
- The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/ganawendan-vti