akandoowin
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Ojibwe[edit]
Etymology[edit]
akandoo (“lie in wait, ambush, post for game”) + -win (noun forming final)
Noun[edit]
akandoowin inan (plural akandoowinan, diminutive akandoowinens, locative akandoowining)
- a hunting stand or scaffold
- hunting blind
- 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.
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/akandoowin-ni