jossakeed
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Ojibwe,[1][2] likely Ojibwe jaasakiid, third person singular subject changed conjunct of jiisakii (“s/he operates a shaking tent”).[3]
Noun
editjossakeed (plural jossakeeds)
- A prophet or medicine man among certain Native American peoples.
Coordinate terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Thomas L. McKenney (1827) “Vocabulary of the Algic, or Chippeway Language”, in Sketches of a Tour to the Lakes of the Character and Customs of the Chippeway Indians […] [1], Baltimore: Fielding Lucas, Jr., →OCLC, page 487: “Conjuror, . . . Jossakeed'. s.a. Noun indicated by eed.”
- ^ Henry R. Schoolcraft (1834) “[Lectures on the Chippewa Substantive] Lecture II”, in Narrative of an Expedition Through the Upper Mississippi to Itasca Lake[2], New York: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 201: “Jossakeed, a juggler, to jossakeeshkid, a vicious juggler.”
- ^ See Nora Livesay and John D. Nichols, editors (2012-2021), “jiisakii”, in Ojibwe People's Dictionary[3], University of Minnesota