manoominike
Ojibwe
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Equivalent to manoomin (“wild rice”) + -ke (“s/he makes...”) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “this term was probably inherited from Proto-Algonquian”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]manoominike (animate intransitive)
- s/he rices, harvests wild rice
- Mii 'i gii-oshki-manoominikeyaang dagwaagong.
- We went ricing for the first time last fall.
- Ogii-pawaanaan manoominikenid oosan.
- He dreamed about his father ricing.
- 1983, Nancy Thompson, Manoominikewin[1]:
- 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.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/manoominike-vai