Zhiishiigwe

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Ojibwe

ᔒᐦᔒᐝᑴ (zhiishiigwe)

Etymology

  1. ᔒᐦᔒᐝ (zhiishii)
  2. -gw- transitivity indicator
  3. -e animacy indicator

Animate subject intransitive verb

  1. SB rattles

Animate noun

  1. Rattlesnake
Dependent compounds
  1. ᔒᐦᔒᐝᑴᒌᐱᐦᒃ (zhiishiigwejiibik)
  2. ᔒᐦᔒᐝᑴᐗᐦᔮᓐ (zhiishiigwewayaan)
Derived terms
  1. ᔒᐦᔒᐝᑴᓐᐦᔅ (zhiishiigwens)
Synonyms
  1. ᔒᐝᓇᐌ (zhiinawe)

Transformations

  • Unaffected: ᔒᐦᔒᐝᑴ (zhiishiigwe)
  • Initial change: ᔖᐦᔒᐝᑴ (zhaashiigwe)
  • Reduplication: ᔖᔒᐦᔒᐝᑴ (zhaazhiishiigwe)
  • Initial change reduplication: ᔕᐦᔮᔒᐦᔒᐝᑴ (zhayaazhiishiigwe)
    • Initial change reduplication with syncope: ᔥᐦᔮᔒᐦᔒᐝᑴ (zhyaazhiishiigwe)

Other Syllabic forms

  • Fully pointed mixed-finals: ᔒᐦᔒᐝᑴ
  • Fully-pointed Eastern A-finals: ᔒᐦᔒᑴ
  • Common Eastern A-finals: ᔒᔒᑴ
  • Unpointed Eastern A-finals: ᔑᔑᑴ

Other Roman orthographies

  • Algonquin: jîcîgwê
    • Cuoq: cicikwe
  • Manitoba Saulteaux: šīhšīkwē
    • Ontario Saulteaux: shiihshiikwe
  • Baraga: jishigwe

Dictionary information

  • Baraga: 1-206a, 2-174b
  • Cuoq: 087a
  • EOCOD:
  • CDMO: 127a-25.0, 234a-02.0

References

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