gikinoo’amaadiiwigamig

Ojibwe

Etymology

By surface analysis, gikinoo’amaadi- (“they teach each other”) +‎ -wigamigw (“building, lodge”)

Noun

gikinoo’amaadiiwigamig inan (plural gikinoo’amaadiiwigamigoon, diminutive gikinoo’amaadiiwigamigoons, locative gikinoo’amaadiiwigamigong, stem gikinoo’amaadiiwigamigw-)

  1. school
    Apii gii-onji-gibaakwa’awaad gikinoo’maadiiwigamig ji-noojinikawewaad, gii-azhegiiweyang gabeshiwin mii dash akandoowinkeyang.
    When school closed for Goose Break, we went back to the camp and finished making the hunting-blind.

References

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