akandoowin

Ojibwe

Etymology

akandoo (“lie in wait, ambush, post for game”) +‎ -win (noun forming final)

Noun

akandoowin inan (plural akandoowinan, diminutive akandoowinens, locative akandoowining)

  1. a hunting stand or scaffold
  2. 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

  • akandoowaagan

References

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