zhooshkjiwaan

Definition: dumpling

zhooshkjiwaan
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>pl zhooshkjiwaanak; 1 dumpling. Gookoosh miinwaa zhooshkjiwaanag gga-mwaanaanig.
>We’ll eat pork and dumplings. PL1997.rn. Zhooshkjiwaanan nga-zhitmawaa; gegeti nga-giigeyaa.
>I'll make dumplings for him; I'll give him something to really savour. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: zhooshkojiwaan.

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: n73035430851n
GKS Reference Number: 23211
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