-wi
Ojibwe edit
Final edit
-wi
- to be a certain kind of (animate) thing or being
- to become a certain kind of (animate) thing or being
Usage notes edit
Final added to a noun stem to form a verb of being
Derived terms edit
- akiiwi
- anishinaabewi
- ikwezensiwi
- ininiiwi — he is a man
See also edit
References edit
- The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/word-part/wi-final
Ottawa edit
Suffix edit
-wi
- to be (animate)
References edit
Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 319