ganawaabandan

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Ojibwe

Etymology

ganaw- (“care, attend”) + -aaband (“look at”) + -an (vti class marker)

Verb

ganawaabandan (stem ganawaaband-, changed conjunct form genawaabandang, reduplicated form gaganawaabandan)

look at (takes an inanimate object)
watch
Endaso-dibik iko ninganawaabandaan nimazinaatesijigan.
Every night I watch my television.

Derived terms

ganawaabandamaw (“look at for someone”)
ganawaabanjigaade (“it is looked at, "they" watch it”)
ganawaabanjigaazo (“s/he is looked at, "they" watch her/him”)
ganawaabanjige (“look at unspecified things”)

Related terms

ganawaabam (“look at, watch, animate object”)
ganawaabi (“look at, watch, no object”)

References

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

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