ganawaabandan

Ojibwe

Etymology

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

Verb

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

1. look at (takes an inanimate object)
2. 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