dkinaagan

Definition: cradleboard

dkinaagan >ni LH >loc dkinaagning; >pl dkinaagnan; 1 cradleboard. Gdaa-dkobnaa maa dkinaagning; dkobizh ndawaa, da-nbaa dash. >You had better tie him on the cradle board. Just tie him fast, then he will sleep. AM1937.rs. >Full-vowel form: dikinaagan.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Noun Inanimate noun
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Related Heritage Item: doll with cradleboard cradleboard cradleboard
Unique ID: n73004851456n
GKS Reference Number: 14302
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