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berrying

berrying

3.7
Picking wild berries to eat or enjoy
  • noun
translation icon : recolección de bayas
  • On weekends, they often go berrying in the nearby forest, picking wild blackberries for a delicious dessert.
  • the history of berrying
  • Ojibwe stories of berrying

We had to go out and hunt it and, you know, find it, gather, find berries and, you know, vegetables and things.

Examples

  • Early accounts of berrying indicate that it was a means to sustain families and, in some cases, keep them together.

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  • Clearly, by the turn of the century, berrying had become an important source of income for the Ojibwe in the region.

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  • Over time, berrying became progressively more important, providing a means to make a living in the expanding American market economy.

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  • Many stories of berrying during the nineteenth century also center on migration and family or community participation.

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  • The history of berrying provides a picture of both continuity and change in Ojibwe survival strategies.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Ojibwe accounts of berrying from the Depression era imply similar patterns.

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  • Denomie's childhood memories and experiences of berrying as an adult in 1938 reflect the positive experiences of berrying.

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  • Undoubtedly, berrying was an important resource for Ojibwe women during the nineteenth century.

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  • We are reminded by Peacock of the continued significance of berries and berrying in connection to the persistence of Ojibwe identity and self-determination into the future.

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  • More importantly, berrying stories—accounts by Ojibwe of berrying experiences—provide insight into the meanings of these transformations.

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Synonyms

picking
vsberrying
1 1.3

Gathering fruit or crops by hand

focuses on collecting small wild fruit mainly for food and enjoyment

Surface Forms

berrying singular
berryings plural

Morphology

berrying = berry (transparent) = berry + ing

The noun is a regular -ing nominalization of the verb 'berry', with the meaning directly referring to the activity of berry-picking.

Etymology

Berrying comes from the simple word berry meaning 'small fruit', the same part you see in blueberry, plus the ending -ing that turns a noun into the action 'picking' or 'gathering'. So berrying is the activity of going out to pick wild berries for food or fun.