anishinaabemowin

Ojibwe

Etymology

From anishinaabemo (“speaks Ojibwe”) +‎ win. Cognate to Eastern Ojibwa/Ottawa nishnaabemwin, and Potawatomi neshnabé. Compare also Severn Ojibwa anishininiimowin, where naabe was replaced by its synonym inini

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʌnɪʃʰɪnɑːbeːmowɪn/, [ʌnɪʃʰɪnɑːpeːmowɪn]

Noun

anishinaabemowin (Canadian syllabics spelling ᐊᓂᐦᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ)

  1. the Anishinaabe language (group)/Anishinaabemowin (Algonquin, Odawa, Ojibwe, Potawatomi and Saulteaux)
    1. (specifically) the Ojibwe language
  2. any First Nations/Native American language

Hyponyms

  • boodewaadamiimowin (“the Potawatomi language”)
  • nakawemowin (“the Saulteaux/Western Ojibwe language”)
  • odaawaamowin (“the Odawa language”)
  • odishkwaagamiimowin (“the Algonquin language”)
  • ojibwemowin (“the Ojibwe language”)

References

  • The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/anishinaabemowin-ni
  • Freelang Electronic Ojibwe Dictionary
  • "anishinaabemowin" in A Dictionary of the Otchipwe Language, Beauchemin & Valois, 1878.
  • Jean André Cuoq, Lexique de la Langue Algonquine. Montréal, J. Chapleau & Fils, 1886
  • John D. Nichols and Earl Nyholm, A Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1995
  • Richard A. Rhodes, Eastern Ojibwa-Chippewa-Ottawa Dictionary. Berlin, Mouton de Gruyter, 1985
  • EOCOD: 309a-4.0, 501a-12.08
  • CDMO: 010b-15.0, 200a-03.1, 221b-01.01

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