niizh-zhining

Definition: a quarter (coin), twenty-five cents

niizh-zhining
>na 1 a quarter (coin), twenty-five cents. Aw ayahaa niizh-zhining eniginod mii gaa-iniginod ahaw ozhaawazhooniyaa.
>As big as the quarterdollar was the size of that gold coin. AW1941.rn.
>Full-vowel form: niizh-zhining.

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: n201132517-22-21n
GKS Reference Number: 23762
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