dkonwewnini

Definition: policeman; sheriff

dkonwewnini
>na comm.
>pl dkonwewninwak; 1 policeman; sheriff. Gii-wiindmaagoon dash niw zhaagnaashan gii-nsaawaad nswi dkonwewninwan.
>They told him that those whites had killed three policemen. AK1976.rs. Mii iw zhigwa gaazhiitaad, mii gii-dagoshing dakoniwewinini.
>Just as she had finished this, the sheriff arrived. AW1941.rn.
>Full-vowel form: dakoniwewInini|w.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Noun Animate noun
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73013752331n
GKS Reference Number: 14411
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