Sugaring Vocabulary: Ojibwe Language
Have you ever wondered what some of our Ojibwe words mean?
Check our Sugaring Vocabulary (Ojibwe Language)!
- anishinaabe-ziinzibaakwad maple sugar
- atoobaan a large container for liquid: a trough, a tank, a vat, a sink, a radiator
- biskitenaagan a sap bucket of folded birch bark
- gaashkakokwe'igan a paddle for stirring boiling maple sap
- iskigamizigan a sugar bush, a sugar camp
- makak a semi-rigid or rigid container: a basket (especially one of birch bark), a box
- naseyaawangwaan a sugaring trough
- naseyaawangwe s/he granulates sugar
- negwaakwaan a tap, a spile, a spigot (for getting sap from a tree)
- Okaadakik a large kettle or cauldon with small legs: a treaty kettle
- ombigamide it boils up
- ziigigamide it boils over
- ziinzibaakwad sugar, maple sugar
- ziinzibaakwadaaboo maple sap
- zhiishiigwaans a sugar cake, a sugar cone,
- zhiiwaagamizan cook it to a syrup
- zhiiwaagamizige s/he makes syrup
From the Ojibwe People’s Dictionary
http://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/