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)
- need
- 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