andawendan

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Ojibwe

Alternative forms

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.

See also

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

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