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.

Related terms

• 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