gchi-oodena
Definition:
city, big city, metropolis
Body
gchi-oodena
>ni comm
>pl gchi-oodenwan;
>loc gchi-oodenaang; 1 city, big city, metropolis. Toronto aawan gchi-oodena.
>Toronto is a big city. IS2005.rs. E-ni-kiwenziinywid giiwenh gchi-oodenaang gii-zhaa wii-waabmaad mshkikiiwninwan.
>Many years later when the Indian had become an old man, he went to the city to see a doctor. FF1975.rs. Aapji go dewmaan daansan, nshike oodi gchi-oodenaang daanit.
>She really worries about her daughter, with her living alone there in the big city. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: gichi-oodena|w.
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).
Unique ID:
n20109219-56-57n
GKS Reference Number:
23630