manoomin
Meanings
noun
- wild rice, usually northern wild rice (Zizania palustris)
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Borrowed from Ojibwe manoomin, from Proto-Algonquian *maθo·mina. Doublet of mnomen, which is from Potawatomi, and Mahnomen, a placename.
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