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

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/akandoowin-ni