odaawaamo

From odaawaa (“an Odawa”) + -mo (“s/he speaks the language of...”). Cognate to Eastern Ojibwa/Ottawa daawaamo and Potawatomi wdawamo


gichi-mookomaanimo

From gichi-mookomaan (“an American; a white person”) + -mo (“S/he speaks the language of...”)

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S/he speaks English (especially American English)


gichi-mookomaanimowin

From gichi-mookomaanimo (“S/he speaks (American) English”) + -win (“concept-noun-forming suffix”)


ojibwemo

From ojibwe + -mo (“S/he speaks the language of...”).


mazinaakizan

From mazin- (“fancy, figured; image”) + -aak- (“fire”) + -iz (“act on it by heat”) + -an (“VTI imperative suffix”)


mazinaakiz

From mazin- (“fancy, figure”) + -aak- (“fire”) + -izw (“act on h/ by heat”)


manoominike

Equivalent to manoomin (“wild rice”) + -ke (“s/he makes...”)

Mii 'i gii-oshki-manoominikeyaang dagwaagong.

We went ricing for the first time last fall.

Ogii-pawaanaan manoominikenid oosan.

Mewinzha e-gii-manoominikeyaang, gaawin wiikaa ngii-ani-izhi-maajii-manoominikesiimin: akawe e-gii-nanaakodamowaad gichi-anishnaabeg ji-bwaa-maajii-manoominikeng.

Long ago when we riced, we never just casually started ricing: always the elders gave thanks before we started ricing.


manoominikewin

From manoominike (“s/he rices”) + -win (“concept-noun-forming suffix”).

A'ii niwii-dazhindaan manoominikewin.

ricing (the act of harvesting wild rice)


zhagashkaandawe

oj-noun

zhagashkaandawe anim (plural zhagashkaandaweg, diminutive zhagashkaandawens)

zhagashkaandaweg (plural)
zhagashkaandawens (diminutive)

By surface analysis, from an unattested verb, *zhagashkaandawe (“s/he climbs flattened down”) + -w (“noun-forming suffix”), from zhagashk- (“flatten down”) + -aandawe (“s/he climbs”).

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a flying squirrel, particularly northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus)


inwewin

Inherited from Proto-Algonquian *eθwe·weni. Equivalent to inwe (“S/he speaks a certain way”) + -win (“concept-noun-forming suffix”).

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Maamawi wiiji'ididaa dazhiikamang gidinwewininaan.

Let's work together revitalizing our language.

a way of speaking: a language, a dialect, a macrolanguage


mazinaabikiwebinan

From mazin- (“fancy, figured, image”) + -aabik- (“mineral, rock, metal, glass”) + -webin (“act on it forcefully by hand”).


minikwewin

Equivalent to minikwe (“s/he drinks”) + -win (“inanimate-instrumental-noun-forming suffix”).

Wegonen minikwewin eyaayan. Nitii na, nibi na, maagizhaa gaapii.

What drinks do you have? Tea? Water? Or maybe coffee?

Boonitoon apane nebaajiikaman minikwewinish.

Why don't you quit that alcohol you're abusing all the time?


midaaswak'niswi-nidiz

oj-noun

midaaswak'niswi-nidiz anim (plural midaaswak'niswi-nidized)

Compound of midaaswak (thousand) and niswi-nidiz (meter)


niswi-nidiz

Compound of niswi (three) nidiz (foot) based on 1 meter being approximately 3 feet


wiishkobi-gitigaanens

wiishkobi-gitigaanens anim (plural wiishkobi-gitigaanensed)


akakanzhe

/ʌkʰʌkʰʌ̃ʒeː/


zhaaganaashiiwaki

zhaaganaashiiwaki inan (locative zhaaganaashiiwakiing)

/ʒɑːɡʌnɑːʃʰiːwʌkʰɪ/

From zhaaganaash (“an Englishman”) + aki (“land”).

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Bakaan inwewag igi anishinaabeg iwidi wenjiiwaad zhaaganaashiiwakiing.

The Natives that are from Canada sound different when they talk.


mashkode-bizhiki

oj-noun

mashkode-bizhiki anim (plural mashkode-bizhikiwag, diminutive mashkode-bizhikiins)

mashkode-bizhikiwag (plural)
mashkode-bizhikiins (diminutive)

/mʌʃʰkʰodeː-bɪʒɪkʰɪ/

From mashkode (“prairie, plains”) + bizhiki (“cow, bison”)


bizhiki

oj-noun

bizhiki anim (plural bizhikiwag, diminutive bizhikiins)

bizhikiwag (plural)
bizhikiins (diminutive)

Inherited from Proto-Algonquian *pešehkiwa.