wanitoon (vti2) | | the Ojibwe People's Dictionary

wanitoon vti2

lose, miss it

Paired with: wani' vta

niwanitoon 1s - 0s ind; owanitoon 3s - 0s ind; wanitood 3s - 0 conj; wenitood 3s - 0 ch-conj; wanitoon 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /wanit-/

Sentence Examples

Niwanitoonan ndaabaabika'iganan. I'm missing my keys.	rg Listen
Ningii-wanitoon niwaazakonebijigan wii-aabajitooyaan wii-waaswaayaan. I've lost the flashlight I wanted to use torching.	rg Listen
Ogii-wanitoon i'iw omiskodoonechigan awe oshki-ikwe. The young lady lost her lipstick.	rg Listen

Word Parts

wanitoon /wanit-/: /wan-/

wrong, lost

; /-t/

cause it to be or to act

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Word Family

wanitoon vti2 lose, miss it

(detransitive) wanichige vai s/he makes a mistake, makes things wrong (verb of undergoing) wanichigaade vii it is lost (by somone), "they" lose it; it is made wrong (by someone), "they" make it wrong (verb of undergoing) wanichigaazo vai s/he is lost (by someone), "they" lose h/

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