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) Shke, wa’aw nookomisiban mii-ko gaa-paa-izhi-mamood o-mashkiki
see this my grandmother used to would pick this medicine
gekendaagwadinig ge-inikaagod a’aw anishinaabe, gii-agoodood
known to be to affect him/her that Indian hanged it up
endaad, gii-paasang, gii-na’inang.
her house dried it put it up
c) Nashke ingoding miinawaa, ogii-pi-odisigoon awiiya, “wa’aw nenaandawi’iwed
see pretty soon and s/he approached her someone this healer
indig, gidayaan i-mashkiki giiwenh ge-minokaagoyaan”.
tells me you have the medicine apparently that would be good for me
a) ‘And so they each knew different utilizations of medicine.
b) You see, my grandmother used to pick medicine known to affect people, and
would hang it in her house, dry it, and put it away.
c) [Nashke] Pretty soon, someone came to her, “This healer told me you
apparently have the medicine that could help me.”’
The function of inashke in (25) is to point out examples of a process, event, or tradition.
A description is given, and then followed by illustrating examples. Prior to the example
in (25a), for example, the speaker was describing how each village had their own
particular knowledge of different medicines known to heal people, and that traditional
healers would send people to particular villages where there were people who had the
appropriate medicine. It is after this description that the speaker gives the example of his
grandmother, and the example of someone visiting her. Both utterances are prefaced by
inashke. This example giving function of inashke can be seen in the following example
as well where the speaker gives a description about Ojibwe clans, and then proceeds to
give an example of that description.
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