mdoodoo-sin
Definition:
stone used in traditional sweat lodge
Body
mdoodoo-sin
>ni Wp
>pl mdoodoo-siniin; 1 stone used in traditional sweat lodge. Mii dash gii-biindgeyooded maa mdoodoowgamgong, gye go gii-tamwaa mdoodoo-siniin maa biinjiiyhiing, gye go iw mshkikwaaboo gaa-aabjitoowaad.
>Then he crawled into the sweating lodge, and the stones for the steam bath were placed inside there for him, and the liquid medicine which they used. AM1937.rs. Pii dash gaa-wwenbid niw yaanig niw siniin gii-ziignaanaawaa iw mshkikwaaboo maa mdoodoo-siniing.
>When he had seated himself in place, then on those stones which were there they poured that liquid medicine, on those stones for the steam bath. AM1937.rs.
>Full-vowel form: madoodoo-asin|y.
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:
n20114917-54-24n
GKS Reference Number:
24220