manoominike

Equivalent to manoomin (“wild rice”) + -ke (“s/he makes...”)

Mii 'i gii-oshki-manoominikeyaang dagwaagong.

We went ricing for the first time last fall.

Ogii-pawaanaan manoominikenid oosan.

Mewinzha e-gii-manoominikeyaang, gaawin wiikaa ngii-ani-izhi-maajii-manoominikesiimin: akawe e-gii-nanaakodamowaad gichi-anishnaabeg ji-bwaa-maajii-manoominikeng.

Long ago when we riced, we never just casually started ricing: always the elders gave thanks before we started ricing.


manoominikewin

From manoominike (“s/he rices”) + -win (“concept-noun-forming suffix”).

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A'ii niwii-dazhindaan manoominikewin.

ricing (the act of harvesting wild rice)


zhagashkaandawe

oj-noun

zhagashkaandawe anim (plural zhagashkaandaweg, diminutive zhagashkaandawens)

zhagashkaandaweg (plural)
zhagashkaandawens (diminutive)

By surface analysis, from an unattested verb, *zhagashkaandawe (“s/he climbs flattened down”) + -w (“noun-forming suffix”), from zhagashk- (“flatten down”) + -aandawe (“s/he climbs”).

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a flying squirrel, particularly northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus)


inwewin

Inherited from Proto-Algonquian *eθwe·weni. Equivalent to inwe (“S/he speaks a certain way”) + -win (“concept-noun-forming suffix”).

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Maamawi wiiji'ididaa dazhiikamang gidinwewininaan.

Let's work together revitalizing our language.

a way of speaking: a language, a dialect, a macrolanguage


mazinaabikiwebinan

From mazin- (“fancy, figured, image”) + -aabik- (“mineral, rock, metal, glass”) + -webin (“act on it forcefully by hand”).


minikwewin

Equivalent to minikwe (“s/he drinks”) + -win (“inanimate-instrumental-noun-forming suffix”).

Wegonen minikwewin eyaayan. Nitii na, nibi na, maagizhaa gaapii.

What drinks do you have? Tea? Water? Or maybe coffee?

Boonitoon apane nebaajiikaman minikwewinish.

Why don't you quit that alcohol you're abusing all the time?