gaandakiiʼigan

Ojibwe

Etymology

  • gaandakii’- (push using a pole) +‎ -gan (-nominalizer)
  • Cognate with Unami kënthikàn (“setting pole, a pole to pry with”).

Noun

gaandakiiʼigan (plural gaandakiiʼiganan) (inanimate)

  1. a push pole, pole for pushing a boat along

References

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