Iwaewin = to move
Aup or aub =
permanently
Doodum = source,
inspiration, purpose, object
Iziwin = life,
living
Bimaudiziwin = life,
existence, being; to live, to be, to exist
Gagawaedawaewin = to
ask, inquire
Baushkidaewin = to
burst, explode
Medawaewae = sound
Aundjigiwoowin = to
get pregnant, conceive. From (aundji =
over, again, change, and neegiwoo = to give growth, life to). To pass one's life into another, to be remade
as it were; the mother lives on in her child.
She changes, and her being is changed as well.
Misquiweewiwin = to
bleed, to draw blood
Maumeekiwaussitaugooziwin
= to cheer, roar, to raise the voice, shout, applause
Cheebaukawaewin = to
cook. From (cheeby = a ghost, a soul of
the departed, and aukawaewin = an act of).
The term originates from an old traditional custom of honouring the Dead
in a feast made specially for them. The
living (who else?) cooked for them. The
term is also descriptive of the effect of cooking on the flesh. It changes and becomes a ghost.
