manoominike

Ojibwe

Etymology

Equivalent to manoomin (“wild rice”) +‎ -ke (“s/he makes...”) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “this term was probably inherited from Proto-Algonquian”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʌnoːmɪnɪkʰeː/

Verb

manoominike (animate intransitive)

  1. s/he rices, harvests wild rice
    Mii 'i gii-oshki-manoominikeyaang dagwaagong.
    We went ricing for the first time last fall.
    Ogii-pawaanaan manoominikenid oosan.
    He dreamed about his father ricing.
    • 1983, Nancy Thompson, Manoominikewin‎[1]:
      Mewinzha e-gii-manoominikeyaang, gaawin wiikaa ngii-ani-izhi-maajii-manoominikesiimin: akawe e-gii-nanaakodamowaad gichi-anishnaabeg ji-bwaa-maajii-manoominikeng.
      Long ago when we riced, we never just casually started ricing: always the elders gave thanks before we started ricing.

Derived terms

References

  • Nora Livesay and John D. Nichols, editors (2012-2021), “manoominike”, in Ojibwe People's Dictionary‎[2], University of Minnesota
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