bootaagen

Definition: grind something up, pound something up, mill something, such as corn or other grain products

bootaagen
>vaio PI
>1sIND nbootaage;
>3sCCONJ bwaataaget; 1 grind something up, pound something up, mill something, such as corn or other grain products. Gii-bootaagewag giw kwewag niw mdaamnan iw wii-bkwezhgankewaad.
>The women ground up the corn when they were going to make bread. AK1976.rs.
>Full-vowel form: bootaage.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Animate intransitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n201012619-9-49n
GKS Reference Number: 23692
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