zaag'igan
Definition:
lake
Body
zaag'igan
>ni NE
>loc zaagâigning;
>pl zaagâignan; 1 lake. Gchi-zaaghigan zhonda ge-dgog, mii zhonda ge-bi-zhaawaad ge-giigoonykejig.
>There will be a big lake here, where people will come to fish. SO1971.rs. Miinawaa ningoding iwidi noopiming bezhig zaagahigan.
>At another time there in the backwoods there was one lake. GM1940.rn. Gaachdebiiyaa wi zaag'igan, aapji 'shwii go gniindmaanh.
>That lake is narrow, but it's very deep. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: zaagahigan.
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:
n730333773n
GKS Reference Number:
22358