ziinzibaakwad

head

ziinzibaakwad inan (plural ziinzibaakwadoon, diminutive ziinzibaakwadoons, locative ziinzibaakwadong, stem ziinzibaakwadw-)

ziinzibaakwadoon (plural)
ziinzibaakwadoons (diminutive)
ziinzibaakwadong (locative)
ziinzibaakwadw- (stem)


mindimooyenh

mindimooyenh anim (plural mindimooyenyag, stem mindimooyeny-)

mindimooyenyag (plural)
mindimooyeny- (stem)

Gego babaamenimaaken awe mindimooyenh.

old woman, old lady (used as a term of respect)


gwiiwizens

Cognate with Fox kwîyethêha (“boy”), Miami kwiiwhsa (“boy”).


mishiiminaaboo

oj-noun

mishiiminaaboo inan (plural mishiiminaaboon)

From mishiimin (“apple”) + -aaboow (“liquid, esp. useful or consumable”)


gichi-mookomaan

oj-noun

gichi-mookomaan anim (Canadian syllabics spelling ᑭᐦᒋᒨᐦᑯᒫᓐ, plural gichi-mookomaanag)

gichi-mookomaan inan (Canadian syllabics spelling ᑭᐦᒋᒨᐦᑯᒫᓐ, plural gichi-mookomaanan)

syllabics spelling ᑭᐦᒋᒨᐦᑯᒫᓐ (Canadian)
gichi-mookomaanag (plural)
syllabics spelling ᑭᐦᒋᒨᐦᑯᒫᓐ (Canadian)
gichi-mookomaanan (plural)

→ Plains Cree: kihci-môhkomân (calque)

/ˌɡɪ.t͡ʃʰɪˈmoː.kʰoˌmɑːn/

From gichi- (“big, great”) + mookomaan (“knife”). Usage for people derives from American soldiers' use of bayonets.

af

a butcher knife, a machete, a large knife


makade-mashkikiwaaboo

oj-noun

makade-mashkikiwaaboo inan (plural makade-mashkikiwaaboon)

From makade- (“black, dark”) + mashkikiwaaboo (“liquid medicine”).


makade

From makade- (“black”) + -w (“nominalizing suffix”).


inini

head

inini anim (plural ininiwag, obviative ininiwan, diminutive ininiins, pejorative ininiwish)

ininiwag (plural)
ininiwan (obviative)
ininiins (diminutive)
ininiwish (pejorative)

Bedowe gaagiigidod aʼawe inini.


abwaan

From Proto-Algonquian *apwa·ni. Equivalent to abwe (“s/he roasts”) + -n.


mashkikiiwinini

From mashkiki (“medicine”) + inini (“man”).


mazinibiiʼigewinini

*:/mazin-/ :image, design, fancy
*:/-biiʼ/ : act on it by writing
*:/-ge/ :he/she acts on (an unspecified object)
*:/-winini/ : man


nookomis

nookomis (plural nookomisag, preterit nookomisiban)


nimaamaa

Geyaabi jiibaakwe nimaamaa.


bakwezhigan

From Proto-Algonquian *pahkwe·šikan- (“bread”). Equivalent to bakwezh- (“cut a piece off”) + -gan (nominalizer).


ikwezens

From Proto-Algonquian *eϴkweᐧhsa (“girl”). Cognate with Mohegan-Pequot sqáhsihs (“girl”), Unami xkwechëch (“girl”), Montagnais ishkuessiss (“girl”), Fox shkwêthêha (“girl”).

Nashke gosha naa ezhichiged a'aw ikwezens.


oshkinawe

From Proto-Algonquian *weškinaweᐧwa (“young man”). Compare Munsee skahúnzuw (“boy, young man”), Malecite-Passamaquoddy skinuhsis (“boy, young man”), Penobscot wskínohsis (“boy, young man”).


ikwezensiwi

head

ikwezensiwi (changed conjunct form ekwezensiwid)

ekwezensiwid (conjunct)
nindikwezensiw (first-person singular)
nindikwezensiwisii (first-person negative singular)
nindikwezensiwisiin (first-person negative singular)
gidikwezensiw (second-person singular)
gidikwezensiwisii (negative second-person singular)
gidikwezensiwisiin (negative second-person singular)
ikwezensiwi (singular third-person)
ikwezensiwisii (negative singular third-person)
ikwezensiwisiin (negative singular third-person)
ikwezensiwiwan (obviative third-person)
ikwezensiwisiiwan (negative obviative third-person)
ikwezensiwim (indefinite)
ikwezensiwisiim (indefinite negative)
nindikwezensiwimin (exclusive first-person plural)
nindikwezensiwisiimin (exclusive first-person negative plural)
gidikwezensiwimin (first-person inclusive plural)
gidikwezensiwisiimin (first-person inclusive negative plural)
gidikwezensiwim (plural second-person)
gidikwezensiwisiim (negative plural second-person)
ikwezensiwiwag (plural third-person)
ikwezensiwisiiwag (negative plural third-person)
ikwezensiwiyaan (first-person singular)
ikwezensiwisiwaan (first-person negative singular)
ikwezensiwiyan (second-person singular)
yin (second-person singular)
ikwezensiwisiwan (negative second-person singular)
siwin (negative second-person singular)
ikwezensiwid (singular third-person)
ikwezensiwisig (negative singular third-person)
ikwezensiwinid (obviative third-person)
ikwezensiwisinid (negative obviative third-person)
sinig (negative obviative third-person)
ikwezensiwing (indefinite)
ikwezensiwising (indefinite negative)
ikwezensiwiyaang (exclusive first-person plural)
ikwezensiwisiwaang (exclusive first-person negative plural)
ikwezensiwiyang (first-person inclusive plural)
ying (first-person inclusive plural)
ikwezensiwisiwang (first-person inclusive negative plural)
siwing (first-person inclusive negative plural)
ikwezensiwiyeg (plural second-person)
ikwezensiwisiweg (negative plural second-person)
ikwezensiwiwaad (plural third-person)
ikwezensiwisiwaad (negative plural third-person)

ikwezens (“girl”) + -wi (“be, become a certain kind of thing”)

suffix

Mewinzha gii-ikwezensiwiyaan, gaa-nibonid iniw onaabeman a'aw nookomis.

Long ago, when I was a little girl, my grandmother's husband died.


-zhisheny

Miish eta go inzhishenh gaa-ayaad miinawaa wiiwan, miinawaa niizh ikwewag iko imaa gii-ayaawag, oshkiniigikweg.

Then there was only my uncle and his wife, and there were two women, young women.


oshkiniigikwe

head

oshkiniigikwe (plural oshkiniigikweg, diminutive oshkiniigikwens)

oshkiniigikweg (plural)
oshkiniigikwens (diminutive)


inzhishenh

Agaamindesiing mii iwidi gii-ayaawaad a’aw inzhishenh iniw wiiwan miinawaa bezhig ikwezens.

On the other side of the fire were my uncle, his wife, and one little girl.

my uncle (cross-uncle, mother's brother)


akiwenzii

akiwenzii anim (plural akiwenziiyag, locative akiwenziiying, diminutive akiwenziiyens, pejorative akiwenziiyish)

akiwenziiyag (plural)
akiwenziiying (locative)
akiwenziiyens (diminutive)
akiwenziiyish (pejorative)

Awashishkode namadabi a'aw akiwenzii.

The old man sits far away from the fire.


nimishoomenh

nimishoomeyag (plural)
nimishoome (alternative)


ozhige

wezhiged (conjunct)
nindoozhige (first-person singular)
nindoozhigesii (first-person negative singular)
nindoozhigesiin (first-person negative singular)
gidoozhige (second-person singular)
gidoozhigesii (negative second-person singular)
gidoozhigesiin (negative second-person singular)
ozhige (singular third-person)
ozhigesii (negative singular third-person)
ozhigesiin (negative singular third-person)
ozhigewan (obviative third-person)
ozhigesiiwan (negative obviative third-person)
ozhigem (indefinite)
ozhigesiim (indefinite negative)
nindoozhigemin (exclusive first-person plural)
nindoozhigesiimin (exclusive first-person negative plural)
gidoozhigemin (first-person inclusive plural)
gidoozhigesiimin (first-person inclusive negative plural)
gidoozhigem (plural second-person)
gidoozhigesiim (negative plural second-person)
ozhigewag (plural third-person)
ozhigesiiwag (negative plural third-person)
ozhigeyaan (first-person singular)
ozhigesiwaan (first-person negative singular)
ozhigeyan (second-person singular)
yin (second-person singular)
ozhigesiwan (negative second-person singular)
siwin (negative second-person singular)
ozhiged (singular third-person)
ozhigesig (negative singular third-person)
ozhigenid (obviative third-person)
ozhigesinid (negative obviative third-person)
sinig (negative obviative third-person)
ozhigeng (indefinite)
ozhigesing (indefinite negative)
ozhigeyaang (exclusive first-person plural)
ozhigesiwaang (exclusive first-person negative plural)
ozhigeyang (first-person inclusive plural)
ying (first-person inclusive plural)
ozhigesiwang (first-person inclusive negative plural)
siwing (first-person inclusive negative plural)
ozhigeyeg (plural second-person)
ozhigesiweg (negative plural second-person)
ozhigewaad (plural third-person)
ozhigesiwaad (negative plural third-person)

oN- (arrange, form) + -ig- (dwelling) + -e (incorporating final)


ginwegambizo

ginwegambizo (changed conjunct form genwegambizod, reduplicated form gagaanwegad-)

genwegambizod (conjunct)
form gagaanwegad- (reduplication)
ninginwegambiz (first-person singular)
ninginwegambizosii (first-person negative singular)
ninginwegambizosiin (first-person negative singular)
giginwegambiz (second-person singular)
giginwegambizosii (negative second-person singular)
giginwegambizosiin (negative second-person singular)
ginwegambizo (singular third-person)
ginwegambizosii (negative singular third-person)
ginwegambizosiin (negative singular third-person)
ginwegambizowan (obviative third-person)
ginwegambizosiiwan (negative obviative third-person)
ginwegambizom (indefinite)
ginwegambizosiim (indefinite negative)
ninginwegambizomin (exclusive first-person plural)
ninginwegambizosiimin (exclusive first-person negative plural)
giginwegambizomin (first-person inclusive plural)
giginwegambizosiimin (first-person inclusive negative plural)
giginwegambizom (plural second-person)
giginwegambizosiim (negative plural second-person)
ginwegambizowag (plural third-person)
ginwegambizosiiwag (negative plural third-person)
ginwegambizoyaan (first-person singular)
ginwegambizosiwaan (first-person negative singular)
ginwegambizoyan (second-person singular)
yin (second-person singular)
ginwegambizosiwan (negative second-person singular)
siwin (negative second-person singular)
ginwegambizod (singular third-person)
ginwegambizosig (negative singular third-person)
ginwegambizonid (obviative third-person)
ginwegambizosinid (negative obviative third-person)
sinig (negative obviative third-person)
ginwegambizong (indefinite)
ginwegambizosing (indefinite negative)
ginwegambizoyaang (exclusive first-person plural)
ginwegambizosiwaang (exclusive first-person negative plural)
ginwegambizoyang (first-person inclusive plural)
ying (first-person inclusive plural)
ginwegambizosiwang (first-person inclusive negative plural)
siwing (first-person inclusive negative plural)
ginwegambizoyeg (plural second-person)
ginwegambizosiweg (negative plural second-person)
ginwegambizowaad (plural third-person)
ginwegambizosiwaa (negative plural third-person)

ginw- (long) + -eg- (sheet-like, flexible) + -ambizo (wear a skirt)

Gichi-ginwegambizod ganawaabamag iko, gichi-nisaabaawed, gichi-gagaanwegadinig iniw ogoodaasiwaan.

She had a long skirt on - I was watching her and she got wet - their skirts were so long then.


bigiins

bigiw (“pitch, tar”) + -ns (diminutive suffix)


zhiiwaagamizigan

head

zhiiwaagamizigan inan (locative zhiiwaagamiziganing)

zhiiwaagamizan (“cook to a syrup”) + -gan (“nominalizer”)

suffix

Gagwe-minotoon iwe zhiiwaagamizigan wezhitooyin.

Try and make the syrup you're making good.


goshi

head

goshi (changed conjunct form gwesaad, stem goS-)

Ningosaa giday.

be afraid of, fear (takes an animate object)


giiwose

giiwose (changed conjunct form gaawosed, reduplicated form gaagiiwose)

gaawosed (conjunct)
form gaagiiwose (reduplication)
ningiiwose (first-person singular)
ningiiwosesii (first-person negative singular)
ningiiwosesiin (first-person negative singular)
gigiiwose (second-person singular)
gigiiwosesii (negative second-person singular)
gigiiwosesiin (negative second-person singular)
giiwose (singular third-person)
giiwosesii (negative singular third-person)
giiwosesiin (negative singular third-person)
giiwosewan (obviative third-person)
giiwosesiiwan (negative obviative third-person)
giiwosem (indefinite)
giiwosesiim (indefinite negative)
ningiiwosemin (exclusive first-person plural)
ningiiwosesiimin (exclusive first-person negative plural)
gigiiwosemin (first-person inclusive plural)
gigiiwosesiimin (first-person inclusive negative plural)
gigiiwosem (plural second-person)
gigiiwosesiim (negative plural second-person)
giiwosewag (plural third-person)
giiwosesiiwag (negative plural third-person)
giiwoseyaan (first-person singular)
giiwosesiwaan (first-person negative singular)
giiwoseyan (second-person singular)
yin (second-person singular)
giiwosesiwan (negative second-person singular)
siwin (negative second-person singular)
giiwosed (singular third-person)
giiwosesig (negative singular third-person)
giiwosenid (obviative third-person)
giiwosesinid (negative obviative third-person)
sinig (negative obviative third-person)
giiwoseng (indefinite)
giiwosesing (indefinite negative)
giiwoseyaang (exclusive first-person plural)
giiwosesiwaang (exclusive first-person negative plural)
giiwoseyang (first-person inclusive plural)
ying (first-person inclusive plural)
giiwosesiwang (first-person inclusive negative plural)
siwing (first-person inclusive negative plural)
giiwoseyeg (plural second-person)
giiwosesiweg (negative plural second-person)
giiwosewaad (plural third-person)
giiwosesiwaa (negative plural third-person)
giiyose (alternative)


noojinikawe

ninoojinikawe (first-person singular)
ninoojinikawesii (first-person negative singular)
ninoojinikawesiin (first-person negative singular)
ginoojinikawe (second-person singular)
ginoojinikawesii (negative second-person singular)
ginoojinikawesiin (negative second-person singular)
noojinikawe (singular third-person)
noojinikawesii (negative singular third-person)
noojinikawesiin (negative singular third-person)
noojinikawewan (obviative third-person)
noojinikawesiiwan (negative obviative third-person)
noojinikawem (indefinite)
noojinikawesiim (indefinite negative)
ninoojinikawemin (exclusive first-person plural)
ninoojinikawesiimin (exclusive first-person negative plural)
ginoojinikawemin (first-person inclusive plural)
ginoojinikawesiimin (first-person inclusive negative plural)
ginoojinikawem (plural second-person)
ginoojinikawesiim (negative plural second-person)
noojinikawewag (plural third-person)
noojinikawesiiwag (negative plural third-person)
noojinikaweyaan (first-person singular)
noojinikawesiwaan (first-person negative singular)
noojinikaweyan (second-person singular)
yin (second-person singular)
noojinikawesiwan (negative second-person singular)
siwin (negative second-person singular)
noojinikawed (singular third-person)
noojinikawesig (negative singular third-person)
noojinikawenid (obviative third-person)
noojinikawesinid (negative obviative third-person)
sinig (negative obviative third-person)
noojinikaweng (indefinite)
noojinikawesing (indefinite negative)
noojinikaweyaang (exclusive first-person plural)
noojinikawesiwaang (exclusive first-person negative plural)
noojinikaweyang (first-person inclusive plural)
ying (first-person inclusive plural)
noojinikawesiwang (first-person inclusive negative plural)
siwing (first-person inclusive negative plural)
noojinikaweyeg (plural second-person)
noojinikawesiweg (negative plural second-person)
noojinikawewaad (plural third-person)
noojinikawesiwaad (negative plural third-person)

Niwii-noojinikawemin waa-ziigwang


nimishoomis

nimishoomis (plural nimishoomisag, preterit nimishoomisiban)


-mishoomis

Endaso Iskigamizige-giizisong, nimishoomis ozhiitaa ji-noojinikawed.

Every year in the month of April, my grandfather gets ready to go goose hunting.


inawemaagan

inawem (“be related to”) + -aagan (“nominalizing final”)

suffix

Ayaangodino ko bi-dagoshin indinawemaagan.


inawem

head

inawem (changed conjunct form enawemaad)


nooji’adikwe

ninooji’adikwe (first-person singular)
ninooji’adikwesii (first-person negative singular)
ninooji’adikwesiin (first-person negative singular)
ginooji’adikwe (second-person singular)
ginooji’adikwesii (negative second-person singular)
ginooji’adikwesiin (negative second-person singular)
nooji’adikwe (singular third-person)
nooji’adikwesii (negative singular third-person)
nooji’adikwesiin (negative singular third-person)
nooji’adikwewan (obviative third-person)
nooji’adikwesiiwan (negative obviative third-person)
nooji’adikwem (indefinite)
nooji’adikwesiim (indefinite negative)
ninooji’adikwemin (exclusive first-person plural)
ninooji’adikwesiimin (exclusive first-person negative plural)
ginooji’adikwemin (first-person inclusive plural)
ginooji’adikwesiimin (first-person inclusive negative plural)
ginooji’adikwem (plural second-person)
ginooji’adikwesiim (negative plural second-person)
nooji’adikwewag (plural third-person)
nooji’adikwesiiwag (negative plural third-person)
nooji’adikweyaan (first-person singular)
nooji’adikwesiwaan (first-person negative singular)
nooji’adikweyan (second-person singular)
yin (second-person singular)
nooji’adikwesiwan (negative second-person singular)
siwin (negative second-person singular)
nooji’adikwed (singular third-person)
nooji’adikwesig (negative singular third-person)
nooji’adikwenid (obviative third-person)
nooji’adikwesinid (negative obviative third-person)
sinig (negative obviative third-person)
nooji’adikweng (indefinite)
nooji’adikwesing (indefinite negative)
nooji’adikweyaang (exclusive first-person plural)
nooji’adikwesiwaang (exclusive first-person negative plural)
nooji’adikweyang (first-person inclusive plural)
ying (first-person inclusive plural)
nooji’adikwesiwang (first-person inclusive negative plural)
siwing (first-person inclusive negative plural)
nooji’adikweyeg (plural second-person)
nooji’adikwesiweg (negative plural second-person)
nooji’adikwewaad (plural third-person)
nooji’adikwesiwaad (negative plural third-person)

Apii gii-dagwaagin, nimishomis gaye nindinawemaaganag gii-maajaawaad ji-nooji’adikwewaad.

When fall came he left to go caribou hunting with my cousins and uncles.


nooji’

nooji’ (changed conjunct form nwaajiʼaad)

nood- (“pursue, hunt”) + -ʼ (“cause to be or to act”)

Niibaa-dibik ingii-nooji’aag gichi-mooseg gii-mindookak.

I hunted for night crawlers late at night when there was dew.


gabeshiwin

gabeshiwin inan (plural gabeshiwinan, diminutive gabeshiwinens, locative gabeshiwining)

gabeshiwinan (plural)
gabeshiwinens (diminutive)
gabeshiwining (locative)

gabeshi (“camp, set up camp”) + -win (noun forming final)

suffix

Biichaa 'i gabeshiwin endazhindaman.

That campsite you're talking about is a long ways from here.


akandoowin

head

akandoowin inan (plural akandoowinan, diminutive akandoowinens, locative akandoowining)

akandoowinan (plural)
akandoowinens (diminutive)
akandoowining (locative)

akandoo (“lie in wait, ambush, post for game”) + -win (noun forming final)

suffix

Apii gii-onji-gibaakwa’awaad gikinoo’maadiiwigamig ji-noojinikawewaad, gii-azhegiiweyang gabeshiwin mii dash akandoowinkeyang.

When school closed for Goose Break, we went back to the camp and finished making the hunting-blind.


akandoo

head

akandoo (changed conjunct form ekandood)

ekandood (conjunct)
nindakandoo (first-person singular)
nindakandoosii (first-person negative singular)
nindakandoosiin (first-person negative singular)
gidakandoo (second-person singular)
gidakandoosii (negative second-person singular)
gidakandoosiin (negative second-person singular)
akandoo (singular third-person)
akandoosii (negative singular third-person)
akandoosiin (negative singular third-person)
akandoowan (obviative third-person)
akandoosiiwan (negative obviative third-person)
akandoom (indefinite)
akandoosiim (indefinite negative)
nindakandoomin (exclusive first-person plural)
nindakandoosiimin (exclusive first-person negative plural)
gidakandoomin (first-person inclusive plural)
gidakandoosiimin (first-person inclusive negative plural)
gidakandoom (plural second-person)
gidakandoosiim (negative plural second-person)
akandoowag (plural third-person)
akandoosiiwag (negative plural third-person)
akandooyaan (first-person singular)
akandoosiwaan (first-person negative singular)
akandooyan (second-person singular)
yin (second-person singular)
akandoosiwan (negative second-person singular)
siwin (negative second-person singular)
akandood (singular third-person)
akandoosig (negative singular third-person)
akandoonid (obviative third-person)
akandoosinid (negative obviative third-person)
sinig (negative obviative third-person)
akandoong (indefinite)
akandoosing (indefinite negative)
akandooyaang (exclusive first-person plural)
akandoosiwaang (exclusive first-person negative plural)
akandooyang (first-person inclusive plural)
ying (first-person inclusive plural)
akandoosiwang (first-person inclusive negative plural)
siwing (first-person inclusive negative plural)
akandooyeg (plural second-person)
akandoosiweg (negative plural second-person)
akandoowaad (plural third-person)
akandoosiwaad (negative plural third-person)

post for game (using a hunting stand or blind)


nitii

Borrowed from French le thé (“the tea”), ultimately from Hokkien 茶 (tê).


agongos

oj-noun

agongos anim (plural agongosag, diminutive agongosens)

agongosag (plural)
agongosens (diminutive)


asinii-bwaan

asinii-bwaan anim (Canadian syllabics spelling ᐊᓯᓃᑇᐣ, plural asinii-bwaanag)

syllabics spelling ᐊᓯᓃᑇᐣ (Canadian)
asinii-bwaanag (plural)

→ French: Assiniboine

→ English: Assiniboine

/ˌʌ.sɪˌniːˈbʷɑːn/

From asin (“rock, stone”) + bwaan (“a Dakota; a Sioux”), referencing the Nakota practice of cooking with hot stones.