doodooshaaboo

Ojibwe

Etymology

By surface analysis, from a root doodoosh- with suffix -aaboow. The root is also found is odoodooshiman (“h/ breast”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /doːdoːʃːɑːboː/

Noun

doodooshaaboo (locative doodooshaaboong)

  1. milk
    Doodooshaaboo imaa ningii-atoon dakisijiganing. ― I put the milk in the refrigerator.

Derived terms

  • doodooshaaboo-bimide (“butter”)
  • doodooshaaboo-bimidewikaan (“margarine”)

References

  • Nora Livesay and John D. Nichols, editors (2012-2021), “doodooshaaboo”, in Ojibwe People's Dictionary‎[1], University of Minnesota

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Noun

doodooshaaboo inan

  1. milk

References

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001), Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 490

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