zhooniyaa
Ojibwe edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Algonquian *šoᐧliyaᐧw- (“money”). Cognate with Fox shôniyâhi (“money”).
Noun edit
zhooniyaa
- money
- 2006-2011, Heid E. Erdrich, Ezhi-bimoseyaang [The Way We Walk]:
- Nda'dibaadaaminan nokiiwinan miinwaa zhooniyaa miinwaa dibaajimaangidwa, niijaanisinaanig.
- We talk of work and money and we talk of our children.
- silver
Inflection edit
- zhooniyaawigamigoon (plural)
- zhooniyaawigamigong (locative)