gikinoo’amaadiiwigamig

Ojibwe

Etymology

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.

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