jiimaan

Definition: canoe, boat

jiimaan
>ni comm.
>loc jiimaaning;
>pl jiimaanan; 1 canoe, boat. Jiimaaning gii-bmishkaawag waa-dzhi-bwahmowaad iw bgoji-mnoomin.
>They went in a canoe to the place where they knocked down that wild rice. AM1937.rs. Nswi gii-bi-zhaamgadoon jiimaanan mnishenying.
>Three canoes came to the island. AM1937.rs. Nwaabndaan jiimaanwaa.
>I see their canoe. AM1937.rs. Midaasoonag jiimaanan ogii-ayaanaawaan.
>They had ten boats. GM1940.rn.
>Full-vowel form: jiimaan.

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: n73028439358n
GKS Reference Number: 16954
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