noopming

Definition: in the bush, out in the country, inland (up from the water, esp., into wilderness areas)

noopming
>av comm. 1 in the bush, out in the country, inland (up from the water, esp., into wilderness areas). Ngoding sa giiwenh nishnaabeg ziisbaakdokewag, ngoji go naa noopming, waasa go naa noopming.
>Once some people were making sugar, somewhere inland, far inland. SO1971.rs. Miinawaa ningoding iwidi noopiming bezhig zaagahigan.
>At another time there in the backwoods there was one lake. GM1940.rn. Waasa Ozhaaganaashiking gii-mitigokewag, waasa noopiming.
>Far off in Canada they used to go logging, far up country. AW1941.rn.
>Full-vowel form: noopiming.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Adverb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n71433765272n
GKS Reference Number: 20618
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