bimide

Ojibwe

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *pemyi.

Noun

bimide inan (plural bimiden, locative bimideng, stem bimidew-)

1. butter, fat, grease, lard, oil
2. naphtha

Derived terms

• bimideke (“make grease, instransitive”)
• bimidewan (“be greasy, inanimate subject”)
• bimidewi (“be greasy, animate subject”)
• waasamoo-bimide (“gas, gasoline”)

See also

• booz- (“greasy, oily”)
• noom- (“greasy”)
• wiinin (“fat”)

References

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