waakaa'gan
Definition:
fort, [any] circular wooden structure
Body
waakaa'gan
>ni Wk
>loc waakaaâganing;
>pl waakaaâganan; 1 fort, [any] circular wooden structure. "Nango naawkwe nga-dzhitaa waabang, mii go naawkweg gchi-waakaahgan ji-biingeshkmaan."
>"It will take me half a day tomorrow, and at noon I will enter the fort." SO1971.rs. Mii sa zhaagnaashii-kiwewin gii-wewebaasing gchi-waakaahganing.
>So it was that the English flag was flapping in the wind on top of the big fort. SO1971.rs.
>Full-vowel form: waakaahigan.
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:
n73032478371n
GKS Reference Number:
21654