"gichigami" meaning in Ojibwe

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Noun

Forms: gichigamiin [plural], gichigamiins [diminutive], gichigamiing [locative]
Etymology: From gichi- (“big, great, large”) + -gam- (“body of water”) Head templates: {{head|oj|noun|plural|gichigamiin|diminutive|gichigamiins|locative|gichigamiing|cat2=inanimate nouns|g=in}} gichigami inan (plural gichigamiin, diminutive gichigamiins, locative gichigamiing)
  1. ocean, sea, large lake Tags: inanimate
    Sense id: en-gichigami-oj-noun-KFglP0Cy
  2. Lake Superior Tags: inanimate Categories (place): Bodies of water
    Sense id: en-gichigami-oj-noun-VtCoa5d6 Disambiguation of Bodies of water: 11 89 Categories (other): Ojibwe entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ojibwe entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gichigamiin (english: Great Lakes) Related terms: zaaga'igan
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Great Lakes",
      "word": "gichigamiin"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From gichi- (“big, great, large”) + -gam- (“body of water”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gichigamiin",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gichigamiins",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gichigamiing",
      "tags": [
        "locative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oj",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "gichigamiin",
        "5": "diminutive",
        "6": "gichigamiins",
        "7": "locative",
        "8": "gichigamiing",
        "cat2": "inanimate nouns",
        "g": "in"
      },
      "expansion": "gichigami inan (plural gichigamiin, diminutive gichigamiins, locative gichigamiing)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ojibwe",
  "lang_code": "oj",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "zaaga'igan"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ocean, sea, large lake"
      ],
      "id": "en-gichigami-oj-noun-KFglP0Cy",
      "links": [
        [
          "ocean",
          "ocean"
        ],
        [
          "sea",
          "sea"
        ],
        [
          "lake",
          "lake"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "inanimate"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ojibwe entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 96",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "oj",
          "name": "Bodies of water",
          "orig": "oj:Bodies of water",
          "parents": [
            "Landforms",
            "Water",
            "Earth",
            "Places",
            "Liquids",
            "Nature",
            "Names",
            "Matter",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Chemistry",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Sciences",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Lake Superior"
      ],
      "id": "en-gichigami-oj-noun-VtCoa5d6",
      "tags": [
        "inanimate"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "gichigami"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ojibwe entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ojibwe inanimate nouns",
    "Ojibwe lemmas",
    "Ojibwe nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "oj:Bodies of water"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "Great Lakes",
      "word": "gichigamiin"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From gichi- (“big, great, large”) + -gam- (“body of water”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gichigamiin",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gichigamiins",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gichigamiing",
      "tags": [
        "locative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oj",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "gichigamiin",
        "5": "diminutive",
        "6": "gichigamiins",
        "7": "locative",
        "8": "gichigamiing",
        "cat2": "inanimate nouns",
        "g": "in"
      },
      "expansion": "gichigami inan (plural gichigamiin, diminutive gichigamiins, locative gichigamiing)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ojibwe",
  "lang_code": "oj",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "zaaga'igan"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ocean, sea, large lake"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ocean",
          "ocean"
        ],
        [
          "sea",
          "sea"
        ],
        [
          "lake",
          "lake"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "inanimate"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Lake Superior"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "inanimate"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "gichigami"
}

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