"nibi" meaning in Ojibwe

See nibi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: nibyi- [stem], nibiing [locative], nibiikaang [distributive, locative]
Etymology: From Proto-Algonquian *nepyi, from Proto-Algic *nepiʔi (“water”). Etymology templates: {{inh|oj|alg-pro|*nepyi}} Proto-Algonquian *nepyi, {{inh|oj|aql-pro|*nepiʔi||water}} Proto-Algic *nepiʔi (“water”) Head templates: {{head|oj|noun|stem|nibyi-|locative|nibiing|distributive locative|nibiikaang|cat2=inanimate nouns|g=in}} nibi inan (stem nibyi-, locative nibiing, distributive locative nibiikaang)
  1. water Tags: inanimate Categories (topical): Water Related terms: -bii, -gam-

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oj",
        "2": "alg-pro",
        "3": "*nepyi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Algonquian *nepyi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oj",
        "2": "aql-pro",
        "3": "*nepiʔi",
        "4": "",
        "5": "water"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Algic *nepiʔi (“water”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Algonquian *nepyi, from Proto-Algic *nepiʔi (“water”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nibyi-",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nibiing",
      "tags": [
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nibiikaang",
      "tags": [
        "distributive",
        "locative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oj",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "stem",
        "4": "nibyi-",
        "5": "locative",
        "6": "nibiing",
        "7": "distributive locative",
        "8": "nibiikaang",
        "cat2": "inanimate nouns",
        "g": "in"
      },
      "expansion": "nibi inan (stem nibyi-, locative nibiing, distributive locative nibiikaang)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ojibwe",
  "lang_code": "oj",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ojibwe entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ojibwe entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "oj",
          "name": "Water",
          "orig": "oj:Water",
          "parents": [
            "Liquids",
            "Matter",
            "Chemistry",
            "Nature",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The water line runs under the ground.",
          "text": "Anaamakamig bimaabikisin i'iw nibi.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "water"
      ],
      "id": "en-nibi-oj-noun-D0FoSQ44",
      "links": [
        [
          "water",
          "water"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "-bii"
        },
        {
          "word": "-gam-"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "inanimate"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "nibi"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oj",
        "2": "alg-pro",
        "3": "*nepyi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Algonquian *nepyi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oj",
        "2": "aql-pro",
        "3": "*nepiʔi",
        "4": "",
        "5": "water"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Algic *nepiʔi (“water”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Algonquian *nepyi, from Proto-Algic *nepiʔi (“water”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nibyi-",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nibiing",
      "tags": [
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nibiikaang",
      "tags": [
        "distributive",
        "locative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oj",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "stem",
        "4": "nibyi-",
        "5": "locative",
        "6": "nibiing",
        "7": "distributive locative",
        "8": "nibiikaang",
        "cat2": "inanimate nouns",
        "g": "in"
      },
      "expansion": "nibi inan (stem nibyi-, locative nibiing, distributive locative nibiikaang)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ojibwe",
  "lang_code": "oj",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "-bii"
    },
    {
      "word": "-gam-"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ojibwe entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ojibwe entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "Ojibwe inanimate nouns",
        "Ojibwe lemmas",
        "Ojibwe nouns",
        "Ojibwe terms derived from Proto-Algic",
        "Ojibwe terms derived from Proto-Algonquian",
        "Ojibwe terms inherited from Proto-Algic",
        "Ojibwe terms inherited from Proto-Algonquian",
        "Ojibwe terms with usage examples",
        "oj:Water"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The water line runs under the ground.",
          "text": "Anaamakamig bimaabikisin i'iw nibi.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "water"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "water",
          "water"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "inanimate"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "nibi"
}

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