zhiishiib

Ojibwe

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *ši·ʔši·pa, cognate to Plains Cree sîsîp.

Noun

zhiishiib

1. duck (aquatic animal)
2. teal, freshwater duck (duckling or small adult duck)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• ᔒᐦᔒᐯᔾ (zhiishiibenh)
• ᔒᐦᔒᐯᓐᐦᔅ (zhiishiibens)
• ᔒᐦᔒᐲᓐᐦᔅ (zhiishiibiins)
• ᔒᐦᔒᐲᔾ (zhiishiibiinh)

Independent compounds

• ᒪᐦᑲᑌᔒᐦᔒᑉ (makade-zhiishiib)
• ᔒᐦᔒᑉᒪᓅᒥᓐ (zhiishiib-manoomin)
• ᔒᐦᔒᐱᓰᐱ (Zhiishiibi-ziibi)

Dependent compounds

• ᔒᐦᔒᐸᐦᑭᐦᒄ (zhiishiibakik)
• ᔒᐦᔒᐸᐧᓂᐝ (zhiishiibanwi)
• ᔒᐦᔒᐱᐦᑯᒋᑲᓐ (zhiishiibikojigan)
• ᔒᐦᔒᐱᐦᔑᒧᓐ (zhiishiibishimon)

Other forms

• Fully-pointed Eastern A-finals: ᔒᐦᔒᑉ
• Common Eastern A-finals: ᔒᔒᑉ
• Unpointed Eastern A-finals: ᔑᔑᑉ

Proper noun

zhiishiib

1. The Duck totem (clan).

Derived terms

Transformations

• ᔒᐦᔒᑉ (zhiishiib) unaffected
• ᔖᐦᔒᑉ (zhaashiib) initial change
• ᔖᔒᐦᔒᑉ (zhaazhiishiib) reduplication
• ᔕᐦᔮᐦᔒᑉ (zhayaazhiishiib) initial change reduplication
• ᔥᐦᔮᐦᔒᑉ (zhyaazhiishiib) initial change reduplication with syncope

Other forms

• Fully pointed mixed-finals: ᔒᐦᔒᑉ
• Fully-pointed Eastern A-finals: ᔒᐦᔒᑉ
• Common Eastern A-finals: ᔒᔒᑉ
• Unpointed Eastern A-finals: ᔑᔑᑉ

References

• Freelang Electronic Ojibwe Dictionary
• "zhiishiib" in A Dictionary of the Otchipwe Language, Beauchemin & Valois, 1878.
• Jean André Cuoq, Lexique de la Langue Algonquine. Montréal, J. Chapleau & Fils, 1886
• John D. Nichols and Earl Nyholm, A Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1995
• Richard A. Rhodes, Eastern Ojibwa-Chippewa-Ottawa Dictionary. Berlin, Mouton de Gruyter, 1985

Ottawa

Noun

zhiishiib anim (plural zhiishiibag)

1. duck

References

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 184