mkak
Definition:
box, chest
Body
mkak
>ni comm.
>1poss nmakak;
>loc mkakoong;
>pl mkakoon; 1 box, chest. 2 coffin, funeral box. Gye go ngodwewaan niw mkiznan aagwiita miinwaa gii-tamwaa go maa mkakong, giishpin ni-noonde-biigsidood niw makzinan ji-bwaa-dgoshing widi ezhaad e-bngishmog, ji-njibdood neyaab miinwaa ji-biiskang niwi mkiznan.
>Also an extra pair of moccasins was placed in the coffin with him, so that if he wore out his moccasins before he arrived whither he was bound in the West, he might take them out and put on these other moccasins. AM1937.rs. 3 barrel.
>Full-vowel form: makak|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:
n71429747139n
GKS Reference Number:
18046