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manoomin ni lw
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wild rice

[
northern wild rice
; 
Zizania palustris
]



manoomin sg; manoomining loc; manoominish pej; Stem: /manoomin-/

manoomin sg gh
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lw
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nj
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es
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manoomining loc nj
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manoominish pej nj
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Giinitamawind ina giga-o-bawa'aamin manoomin.

Is it our turn to go knock rice?
 es
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Maazhipogod 'i manoomin. Awegodogwen dinowa miinawaa imaa gaa-tagonigaadegwen.

That rice tastes bad. I wonder what kind of thing they put in there again.
 es
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Agaami-ziibi debinaagwad manoomin.

You can make out rice across the river.
 nj
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Ningii-wiidookawaa niinim gii-tazhiikang iwe, i'iw manoomin. Ingii-kidasige.

I helped my brother-in-law when he processed wild rice. I parched the rice.
 rg
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The word manoomin contains a unique root /manoo-/ (not identical with the common root /minw-/ good) and a noun final suffix /-min/ berry, seed, grain.

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John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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Word Family

manoomin ni wild rice
(verb of abundance) manoominikaa vii there is (a lot of) wild rice (verb of making) manoominike vai s/he rices, goes ricing, makes rice, picks rice, harvests wild rice
(derived noun) manoominikewin ni ricing, harvesting wild rice (derived noun) manoominikaan ni finished wild rice

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