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-)

1. 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