Anishinaabe

See also: anishinaabe

English

Alternative forms

• Nishnaabe, Neshnabé (from other varieties of Anishinaabemowin)
• Anishinabe (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From Ojibwe Anishinaabe/ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯ. Doublet of Nishnaabe (from Odawa and Eastern Ojibwe) and Neshnabé (from Potawatomi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʌnɪʃɪˈnɑːbeɪ/, /ˌənɪʃɪˈnɑːbeɪ/, /ˌɑːnɪʃɪˈnɑːbeɪ/

Noun

Anishinaabe (plural Anishinaabe or Anishinaabes or Anishinaabeg or Anishinaabek)

1. An Ojibwe, Nipissing, Algonquin, Potawatomi or Odawa
   • 2016, Lawrence W. Gross, Anishinaabe Ways of Knowing and Being, Routledge, →ISBN, page 4:

     In speaking about these non-Indian authors, there are a couple of more points I should make concerning my identity as an Anishinaabe scholar, both of which are related to the picture I paint of Anishinaabe culture.

   1. (Specifically) An Ojibwe
      • 2013, Andrejs Kulnieks, Dan Roronhiakewen Longboat, Young Young, Contemporary Studies in Environmental and Indigenous Pedagogies: A Curricula of Stories and Place, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 2:

        In Deborah McGregor's chapter, she relates key personal and professional experiences regarding Aboriginal Environmental Knowledge (AEK), based upon her own life as an Anishinaabe, as well as on conversations and interactions ...

Derived terms

• Nish

Related terms

• Anishinaabemowin
• Nishnaabe
• Neshnabé

Translations

member of Anishinaabe people(s)

• French: anichinabé (fr) m, anichinabée (fr) f, anichinabés (fr) m pl, anichinabées (fr) f pl
• Ojibwe: anishinaabe, anishinaabeg pl
• Ottawa: nishnaabe, nishnaabeg pl
• Potawatomi: neshnabé, neshnabék pl

Ojibwe

Noun

Anishinaabe anim (plural Anishinaabeg)

1. Alternative letter-case form of anishinaabe