jiimaan

Ojibwe

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *či·ma·ni.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʒɪːmaːn/

Noun

jiimaan

  1. boat, canoe
    Onzaam agaasaa 'iw jiimaanens.
    The little boat is too small.
  • biiwaabiko-jiimaan: an aluminum canoe
  • ishkode-jiimaan: a steamboat, a ship
  • jiimaaniigino-jiimaan: a canvas canoe
  • mitigo-jiimaan: a wooden boat or canoe
  • nabagisago-jiimaan: a wooden boat or canoe
  • naabikwaan: a ship
  • ningaasimoo-jiimaan: a sailboat
  • waasamoo-jiimaan: a motor launch
  • wiigwaasi-jiimaan: a birch bark canoe

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Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *či·ma·ni.

Noun

jiimaan inan (plural jiimaanan)

  1. boat

References

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 174

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