zhooshkodaabaan

Ojibwe

Etymology

Equivalent to zhooshkw- (“smooth, slippery”) +‎ -idaabaan (“vehicle, sled”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Inherited from proto-Algonquian?”)

Noun

zhooshkodaabaan inan (plural zhooshkodaabaanag, locative zhooshkodaabaaning, diminutive zhooshkodaabaanens)

1. toboggan, sled

   Nanaa'in a'aw zhooshkodaabaan.

   Fix the sled.

Derived terms

• zhooshkodaabaanike (“make a toboggan, go tobogganing”)

Related terms

• odaabaan (“car, sled, something pulled”)

References

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/zhooshkodaabaan-na