zhiishiibiins
Ojibwe edit
Etymology edit
zhiishiib + a diminutive suffix
Noun edit
zhiishiibiins
- duckling (baby duck)
Related terms edit
- Transformations
- ᔒᐦᔒᐲᓐᐦᔅ (zhiishiibens) unaffected
- ᔖᐦᔒᐲᓐᐦᔅ (zhaashiibens) initial change
- ᔖᔒᐦᔒᐲᓐᐦᔅ (zhaazhiishiibens) reduplication
- ᔕᐦᔮᐦᔒᐲᓐᐦᔅ (zhayaazhiishiibens) initial change reduplication
- ᔥᐦᔮᐦᔒᐲᓐᐦᔅ (zhyaazhiishiibens) initial change reduplication with syncope
- Other syllabic forms
- Fully pointed (mixed-finals and Eastern A-finals): ᔒᐦᔒᐲᓐᐦᔅ
- Common Eastern A-finals: ᔒᔒᐱᓐᔅ
- Unpointed Eastern A-finals: ᔑᔑᐱᔅ
References edit
- Freelang Electronic Ojibwe Dictionary
- Frederic, Baraga, A Dictionary of the Otchipwe Language, explained in English (1878; Montréal: Beauchemin & Valois)
- Joseph Cuoq, Lexique de la Langue Algonquine (1886; Montréal: J. Chapleau & Fils)
- John D. Nichols and Earl Nyholm, A Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe (1995; Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press)
- Richard A. Rhodes, Eastern Ojibwa-Chippewa-Ottawa Dictionary (1985; Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter)