giishkdiyekjigan

Definition: end of a loaf of bread; heel of bread

giishkdiyekjigan
>ni
>pl giishkdiyekjignan; 1 end of a loaf of bread; heel of bread. Pane ko ngii-njinnidmi giishkdiiyekjigan shki-gjwebnigaadek mbijiizgan.
>We always used to fight over the end of the loaf when bread was fresh out of the oven. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: giishkidiyekojigan.

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: n73024239381n
GKS Reference Number: 15690
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