mtigoons
Definition:
bush, shrub, plant smaller than a tree
Body
mtigoons
>na Wk
>pl mtigoonsak;
>loc mtigoonsing; 1 bush, shrub, plant smaller than a tree. Gaa-dgoshnaang odi waa-dzhi-mwizyaang, mii dash ezhid aw kwe, "Giiskan iw ggoodaas, gga-goodoon dash maa mtigoonsing."
>When we arrived there where we were going to pick berries, this woman said to me, "Take off your dress, you are to hang it here on a bush." AK1976.rs.
>Full-vowel form: mitigoons.
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:
n20114109-48-6n
GKS Reference Number:
24263