kiwenziinh
Definition:
old man
Body
kiwenziinh
>na comm.
>pl kiwenziinyik; 1 old man. Endso-ggizheb dash zhaa maaba kiwenziinh wa-ggwejmaad dooshknaweman aanii gaa-naabndamnid.
>Every morning this old man went to ask his young man what he had seen in his vision. AM1937.rs. Ngoding kiwenziinh ngii-noondwaaba a-dbaajmod shkiniigkwen gii-ndodmaagod iw wiikwebjigan.
>Once I heard an old man tell of how a young woman asked him for love medicine. AM1937.rs. Semaan gii-miinaawag giw kiwenziinyag gaa-bi-zhaajig.
>The old men who had come were given tobacco. AK1976.rs.
>Full-vowel form: akiwenziiny.
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:
n71428962633n
GKS Reference Number:
17076