"giizis" meaning in Ojibwe

See giizis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: giizisoog [plural], giizisoons [diminutive], giizisong [locative], giizisw- [stem]
Etymology: From Proto-Algonquian *kiᐧšeʔθwa (“sun”). Compare with giizhig and Unami kishux. Etymology templates: {{inh|oj|alg-pro|*kiᐧšeʔθwa||sun}} Proto-Algonquian *kiᐧšeʔθwa (“sun”), {{cog|unm|kishux}} Unami kishux Head templates: {{head|oj|noun|plural|giizisoog|diminutive|giizisoons|locative|giizisong|stem|giizisw-|cat2=animate nouns|g=an}} giizis anim (plural giizisoog, diminutive giizisoons, locative giizisong, stem giizisw-)
  1. sun Tags: animate
    Sense id: en-giizis-oj-noun-J3VvBQ4U Categories (other): Ojibwe entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Celestial bodies Disambiguation of Ojibwe entries with incorrect language header: 32 32 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 16 16 18 16 16 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 16 18 16 16 18 Disambiguation of Celestial bodies: 33 33 34
  2. moon Tags: animate
    Sense id: en-giizis-oj-noun-nni0PqAO Categories (other): Ojibwe entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Celestial bodies Disambiguation of Ojibwe entries with incorrect language header: 32 32 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 16 16 18 16 16 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 16 18 16 16 18 Disambiguation of Celestial bodies: 33 33 34
  3. month Tags: animate
    Sense id: en-giizis-oj-noun-pcfRcZ4o Categories (other): Ojibwe entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Celestial bodies, Time Disambiguation of Ojibwe entries with incorrect language header: 32 32 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 16 16 18 16 16 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 16 18 16 16 18 Disambiguation of Celestial bodies: 33 33 34 Disambiguation of Time: 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms (diba'i (plural: diba'igiiziswaanag)): clock Derived forms (diba'i (plural: diba'igiiziswaanensag)): wristwatch [diminutive] Derived forms (dibik-giizis (plural: dibik-giizisoog)): moon Derived forms (giizisoo-mazina'igan (plural: giizisoo-mazina'iganan)): calendar Derived forms (giizisoons (plural: giizisoonsag)): little moon [diminutive]
Disambiguation of "diba'i (plural: diba'igiiziswaanag)": 0 0 100 Disambiguation of "diba'i (plural: diba'igiiziswaanensag)": 0 0 100 Disambiguation of 'dibik-giizis (plural: dibik-giizisoog)': 0 0 100 Disambiguation of "giizisoo-mazina'igan (plural: giizisoo-mazina'iganan)": 0 0 100 Disambiguation of 'giizisoons (plural: giizisoonsag)': 0 0 100

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 100",
      "sense": "diba'i (plural: diba'igiiziswaanag)",
      "word": "clock"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 100",
      "sense": "diba'i (plural: diba'igiiziswaanensag)",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "wristwatch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 100",
      "sense": "dibik-giizis (plural: dibik-giizisoog)",
      "word": "moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 100",
      "sense": "giizisoo-mazina'igan (plural: giizisoo-mazina'iganan)",
      "word": "calendar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 100",
      "sense": "giizisoons (plural: giizisoonsag)",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "little moon"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oj",
        "2": "alg-pro",
        "3": "*kiᐧšeʔθwa",
        "4": "",
        "5": "sun"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Algonquian *kiᐧšeʔθwa (“sun”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "unm",
        "2": "kishux"
      },
      "expansion": "Unami kishux",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Algonquian *kiᐧšeʔθwa (“sun”). Compare with giizhig and Unami kishux.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "giizisoog",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "giizisoons",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "giizisong",
      "tags": [
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "giizisw-",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oj",
        "10": "giizisw-",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "giizisoog",
        "5": "diminutive",
        "6": "giizisoons",
        "7": "locative",
        "8": "giizisong",
        "9": "stem",
        "cat2": "animate nouns",
        "g": "an"
      },
      "expansion": "giizis anim (plural giizisoog, diminutive giizisoons, locative giizisong, stem giizisw-)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ojibwe",
  "lang_code": "oj",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 32 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ojibwe entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 16 18 16 16 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 16 18 16 16 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "oj",
          "name": "Celestial bodies",
          "orig": "oj:Celestial bodies",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The sun is real bright.",
          "text": "Aakwaasige 'aw giizis.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sun"
      ],
      "id": "en-giizis-oj-noun-J3VvBQ4U",
      "links": [
        [
          "sun",
          "sun"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "animate"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 32 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ojibwe entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 16 18 16 16 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 16 18 16 16 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "oj",
          "name": "Celestial bodies",
          "orig": "oj:Celestial bodies",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "moon"
      ],
      "id": "en-giizis-oj-noun-nni0PqAO",
      "links": [
        [
          "moon",
          "moon"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "animate"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 32 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ojibwe entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 16 18 16 16 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 16 18 16 16 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "oj",
          "name": "Celestial bodies",
          "orig": "oj:Celestial bodies",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "oj",
          "name": "Time",
          "orig": "oj:Time",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              29,
              35
            ]
          ],
          "english": "What month is it now?",
          "text": "Aaniish noongo ezhi-giiz'sed giizis?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "month"
      ],
      "id": "en-giizis-oj-noun-pcfRcZ4o",
      "links": [
        [
          "month",
          "month"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "animate"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "giizis"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ojibwe animate nouns",
    "Ojibwe entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ojibwe lemmas",
    "Ojibwe nouns",
    "Ojibwe terms derived from Proto-Algonquian",
    "Ojibwe terms inherited from Proto-Algonquian",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "oj:Celestial bodies",
    "oj:Time"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "sense": "diba'i (plural: diba'igiiziswaanag)",
      "word": "clock"
    },
    {
      "sense": "diba'i (plural: diba'igiiziswaanensag)",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "wristwatch"
    },
    {
      "sense": "dibik-giizis (plural: dibik-giizisoog)",
      "word": "moon"
    },
    {
      "sense": "giizisoo-mazina'igan (plural: giizisoo-mazina'iganan)",
      "word": "calendar"
    },
    {
      "sense": "giizisoons (plural: giizisoonsag)",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "little moon"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oj",
        "2": "alg-pro",
        "3": "*kiᐧšeʔθwa",
        "4": "",
        "5": "sun"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Algonquian *kiᐧšeʔθwa (“sun”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "unm",
        "2": "kishux"
      },
      "expansion": "Unami kishux",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Algonquian *kiᐧšeʔθwa (“sun”). Compare with giizhig and Unami kishux.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "giizisoog",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "giizisoons",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "giizisong",
      "tags": [
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "giizisw-",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oj",
        "10": "giizisw-",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "giizisoog",
        "5": "diminutive",
        "6": "giizisoons",
        "7": "locative",
        "8": "giizisong",
        "9": "stem",
        "cat2": "animate nouns",
        "g": "an"
      },
      "expansion": "giizis anim (plural giizisoog, diminutive giizisoons, locative giizisong, stem giizisw-)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ojibwe",
  "lang_code": "oj",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ojibwe terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The sun is real bright.",
          "text": "Aakwaasige 'aw giizis.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sun"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sun",
          "sun"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "animate"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "moon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "moon",
          "moon"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "animate"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ojibwe terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              29,
              35
            ]
          ],
          "english": "What month is it now?",
          "text": "Aaniish noongo ezhi-giiz'sed giizis?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "month"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "month",
          "month"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "animate"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "giizis"
}

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