taadwin
Definition:
playing card
Body
taadwin
>na Wk
>pl taadwinak;
>dim taadwaans;
>1poss nda-taadwin; 1 playing card. Oonh, washta-oodi wa taadwin; naami-doopwin zhiwi bmaangza.
>Oh, there's the [playing] card; it's lying under the table. MC2005.cs. Nga-desiigwebnaak kina nda-taadwinak; gaawii gdaa-bkinwi-siim.
>I'll throw down my cards; you wouldn't be able to beat me. MC2005.cs. Gezbish kina giwi taadwinak.
>Gather up all those cards. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: ataadiwin.
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:
n20114108-47-5n
GKS Reference Number:
24255