wiigwaamens

Definition: bathroom, outhouse, toilet, washroom

wiigwaamens
>ni comm.
>loc wiigwaamensing;
>pl wiigwaamensan; 1 bathroom, outhouse, toilet, washroom. 2 hut, wigwam, traditional makeshift structure. Bezhig nini gii-mkadekegban, aw kiwenziinh gii-zhitood wiigwaamens waa-dzhi-mkadekenid niw gwisan.
>Once upon a time a certain man fasted; that old man had built a hut in which that son of his was to fast. AM1937.rs.
>Full-vowel form: wiigiwaamens.

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: n73033056488n
GKS Reference Number: 21959
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