Zhiishiibens

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Contents 1 Ojibwe 1.1 ᔒᐦᔒᐯᓐᐦᔠ(zhiishiibens) 1.1.1 Etymology 1.1.2 Animate noun 1.1.3 Related terms 1.1.4 Transformations 1.1.5 Other Syllabic forms 1.1.6 Other Roman orthographies 1.1.7 Dictionary information 1.2 References

Ojibwe

ᔒᐦᔒᐯᓐᐦᔅ (zhiishiibens)

Etymology

1. ᔒᐦᔒᑉ (zhiishiib)
2. -ens (diminutive suffix)

Animate noun

1. small duck (1)
2. small teal (1)
3. duckling

Related terms

• (3): ᔒᐦᔒᐲᓐᐦᔅ (zhiishiibiins)

Transformations

1. ᔒᐦᔒᐯᓐᐦᔅ (zhiishiibens) unaffected
2. ᔖᐦᔒᐯᓐᐦᔅ (zhaashiibens) initial change
3. ᔖᔒᐦᔒᐯᓐᐦᔅ (zhaazhiishiibens) reduplication
4. ᔕᐦᔮᐦᔒᐯᓐᐦᔅ (zhayaazhiishiibens) initial change reduplication
5. ᔥᐦᔮᐦᔒᐯᓐᐦᔅ (zhyaazhiishiibens) initial change reduplication with syncope

Other Syllabic forms

• Fully pointed mixed-finals: ᔒᐦᔒᐯᓐᐦᔅ
• Fully-pointed Eastern A-finals: ᔒᐦᔒᐯᓐᐦᔅ
• Common Eastern A-finals: ᔒᔒᐯᓐᔅ
• Unpointed Eastern A-finals: ᔑᔑᐯᔅ

Other Roman orthographies

• Algonquin: jîcîbens
  • Cuoq: cicibens
• Manitoba Saulteaux: Å¡Ä«hÅ¡Ä«pēnhs
  • Ontario Saulteaux: shiihshiipenhs
• Baraga: jishibens

Dictionary information

• Baraga:
• Cuoq:
• Nichols & Nyholm: 127a-18.2
• Rhodes:

References

• Freelang Electronic Ojibwe Dictionary
• Baraga, Frederic. 1878. A Dictionary of the Otchipwe Language, explained in English. Montréal: Beauchemin & Valois.
• Cuoq, Joseph. 1886. Lexique de la Langue Algonquine. Montréal: J. Chapleau & Fils.
• Nichols, John D. and Earl Nyholm. 1995. A Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
• Rhodes, Richard A. 1985. Eastern Ojibwa-Chippewa-Ottawa Dictionary. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.