Ojibwe edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Algonquian *ši·ʔši·pa, cognate to Plains Cree sîsîp.

Noun edit

zhiishiib

  1. duck (aquatic animal)
  2. teal, freshwater duck (duckling or small adult duck)

Derived terms edit

Independent compounds
  • ᒪᐦᑲᑌᔒᐦᔒᑉ (makade-zhiishiib)
  • ᔒᐦᔒᑉᒪᓅᒥᓐ (zhiishiib-manoomin)
  • ᔒᐦᔒᐱᓰᐱ (Zhiishiibi-ziibi)
Dependent compounds
Other forms

Proper noun edit

zhiishiib

  1. The Duck totem (clan).

Derived terms edit

Transformations
Other forms

References edit

  • Freelang Electronic Ojibwe Dictionary
  • "zhiishiib" 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

Ottawa edit

Noun edit

zhiishiib anim (plural zhiishiibag)

  1. duck

References edit

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 184