Zhiishii

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Contents 1 Ojibwe 1.1 ᔒᐦᔒ (zhiishii) 1.1.1 Reduplication 1.1.2 Other Syllabic forms 1.1.3 Other Roman orthographies 1.1.4 Dictionary information 1.2 ᔒᐦᔒᐝ (zhiishii) 1.2.1 Etmology 1.2.2 Verb root 1.2.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.3 Transformations 1.2.4 Other Syllabic forms 1.3 Other Roman orthographies 1.3.1 Dictionary information 1.4 References

Ojibwe

ᔒᐦᔒ (zhiishii)

Reduplication

1. Initial syllable reduplication for ᔒ (zhii)

Other Syllabic forms

• Fully pointed mixed-finals: ᔒᐦᔒ
• Fully-pointed Eastern A-finals: ᔒᐦᔒ
• Common Eastern A-finals: ᔒᔒ
• Unpointed Eastern A-finals: ᔑᔑ

Other Roman orthographies

• Algonquin: jîcî
  • Cuoq: cici
• Manitoba Saulteaux: Å¡Ä«hÅ¡Ä«
  • Ontario Saulteaux: shiihshii
• Baraga: jishi

Dictionary information

• Baraga:
• Cuoq:
• EOCOD:
• CDMO:

ᔒᐦᔒᐝ (zhiishii)

Etmology

1. Proto-Algonquian *šīʔšīy (gourd/rattle)

Verb root

1. Verb root for words that indicate rattling.

Derived terms

1. ᔒᐦᔒᐝᑯ (zhiishiigo)

   ST rattles

2. ᔒᐦᔒᐝᑴ (zhiishiigwe)

   SB rattles

   Rattlesnake

3. ᔒᐦᔒᐝᑾᓐ (zhiishiigwan)

   SB rattles ST

   Rattle

4. ᔒᐦᔒᐝᑾᓇᓐ (zhiishiigwanan)

   SB rattles SB

Transformations

• Unaffected: ᔒᐦᔒᐝ (zhiishii)
• Initial change: ᔖᐦᔒᐝ (zhaashii)
• Reduplication: ᔖᔒᐦᔒᐝ (zhaazhiishii)
• Initial change reduplication: ᔕᐦᔮᔒᐦᔒᐝ (zhayaazhiishii)
  • Initial change reduplication with syncope: ᔥᐦᔮᔒᐦᔒᐝ (zhyaazhiishii)

Other Syllabic forms

• Fully pointed mixed-finals: ᔒᐦᔒᐝ
• Fully-pointed Eastern A-finals: ᔒᐦᔒ
• Common Eastern A-finals: ᔒᔒ
• Unpointed Eastern A-finals: ᔑᔑ

Other Roman orthographies

• Algonquin: jîcî
  • Cuoq: cici
• Manitoba Saulteaux: Å¡Ä«hÅ¡Ä«
  • Ontario Saulteaux: shiihshii
• Baraga: jishi

Dictionary information

• Baraga:
• Cuoq: 087c
• EOCOD:
• CDMO:

References

• Freelang Electronic Ojibwe Dictionary

• Frederic Baraga, A Dictionary of the Otchipwe Language, explained in English. Montréal, Beauchemin & Valois, 1878

• Jean André Cuoq, Lexique de la Langue Algonquine. Montréal, J. Chapleau & Fils, 1886

• John D. Nichols and Earl Nyholm, A Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1995

• Richard A. Rhodes, Eastern Ojibwa-Chippewa-Ottawa Dictionary. Berlin, Mouton de Gruyter, 1985