mdaamin

Definition: corn, kernel of corn (the food)

mdaamin
>na comm.
>pl mdaamnak; 1 corn, kernel of corn (the food). Maajiigi mdaamin.
>The corn is growing. AM1937.rs. Mdaamin naazh gaazhiingwed.
>Fetch ripe corn. AM1937.rs. Gii-bootaagewag giw kwewag niw mdaamnan iw wii-bkwezhgankewaad.
>The women ground up the corn when they were going to make bread. AK1976.rs. Mii-sh maajii-ndawaabmad wen'zhishid e-gwyakwaakzid mdaamin, pii dash go ge-ni-zhaayan naangim go odi yekwaayan.
>Then you start looking for the good kind of corn standing straight, and then you go on until you come to the end there. AK1976.rs. 2 corn (the growth on one's toes).
>Full-vowel form: mandaamin.

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: n71429464817n
GKS Reference Number: 17649
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