manoomin

Borrowed from Ojibwe manoomin, from Proto-Algonquian *maθo·mina. Doublet of mnomen, which is from Potawatomi.

• IPA^(key): /mʌˈnuːmɪn/, /mʌˈnoʊ̯mɪn/, /məˈnuːmɪn/, /məˈnoʊ̯mɪn/

manoomin (uncountable)

1. wild rice, usually northern wild rice (Zizania palustris)

From Proto-Algonquian *maθo·mina, containing the suffix -min (“berry or berry-like object”). Not related to common preverb mino- (“good”).

• IPA^(key): /mʌnoːmɪn/

manoomin inan (Canadian syllabics spelling ᒪᓅᒥᓐ, locative manoomining)

1. wild rice (Zizania, especially Zizania palustris)

• Eastern Ojibwa: mnoomin
• Ottawa: mnoomin
• Western Ojibwa: manoomin
• → English: manoomin

• The Ojibwe People’s Dictionary / manoomin (ni)