offer tobacco - biindaakoojige poling - gaandakii'ige knocking - bawa'am drying - baasige parching - gidasige jigging - mimigoshkam winnowing - nooshkaajige building a fire - boodawe haul wild rice - aawajimine jig it - mimigoshkan knock it - bawa'an lots of rice - manoominkaa rice plant - manoominagaawanzh rice stalk - manoominashk ricing, s/he is - manoominike tie rice - dakobidoo untie rice - aaba'oodoo winnows - nooshkaachige birch bark - wiigwaas black rice - makade-manoomin broken rice - biisi-manoomin broken rice - mazaan+ag canoe - jiimaan chubby short-grained rice - bikwaakwado-manoomin cooked rice - giizhide-manoomin fine broken rice - biisaawangi-manoomin firewood - misan green rice - oshki-manoomin hole to dance upon wild rice to husk - bawishkamo-waanikaan+an ishkode - fire jigging hole/barrel - mimigoshkamwaagan kettle s - akik oog knocker s - bawa'iganaak oog lake rice - zaaga'iganii-manoomin legged kettle - okaadakik load of rice/knocking process - bawa'amowin long-grained rice - ginwaakojii-manoomin paddle - abwi + in paddling - jiimewin popped wild rice - gaapizigan push pole - gaandakii'iganaak rice bag - manoominiwazh rice bag - mashkimod + an rice license - manoominke-mazina'igaans ricing - manoominikewin river rice - ziibii-manoomin short-grained rice - dakwaakojii-manoomin stirring stick - waninawe’igan tied rice - dakobijigan wild rice - manoomin wild rice stalk - manoominaganzh winnow tray - nooshkaachinaagan agaami-ziibi debinaagwad manoomin. - you can make out rice across the river. giinitamawind ina giga-o-bawa'aamin manoomin. - is it our turn to go knock rice? iw manoominashk, miish iwidi ogijayi'ii endazhiging 'iw manoomin. - it's on top of the rice stalk that the rice grows. maazhipogod 'i manoomin. awegodogwen dinowa miinawaa imaa gaa-tagonigaadegwen. - that rice tastes bad. i wonder what kind of thing they put in there again. manoomin dazhigin nibiikaang. miish bi-zaagakiimagak i'iw manoominashk, mii iwidi ishpiming ayaamagak iw manoomin endazhiging. - wild rice grows in the water. and when the rice stalk comes up, the rice is on growing on the top mii 'i gii-oshki-manoominikeyaang dagwaagong. - we went ricing for the first time last fall. ningii-wiidookawaa niinim gii-tazhiikang iwe, i'iw manoomin. ingii-kidasige. - i helped my brother-in-law when he processed wild rice. i parched the rice. ogii-pawaanaan manoominikenid oosan. - he dreamed about his father ricing. the word manoomin contains a unique root /manoo-/ (not identical with the common root /minw-/ good) and a noun final suffix /-min/ berry, seed, grain.
Parching notes: Can use black rubber sole tennis shoes Don’t get fire smoky Steam on rice starts dissipating at first Then Sound changes to beebie sound hitting metal, will feel it Start seeing burnt husks Grab hand full and mulch it to see if comes off kernel easy if majority husks come off then winnow Take kernel and break or bite, should be hard not soft If it starts popping like popcorn a little then its done