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Ojibwe
Etymology
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
Verb
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: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.
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