-win

Inherited from Proto-Algonquian *-wini. Cognate to Potawatomi -wen, Ottawa -win, Plains Cree -win.

-win (Canadian syllabics spelling ᐀ᐎᓐ, plural -winan)

1. nominalizing final
   1. concept-noun-forming final (-ing, -tion, -ment)

      ‎anishinaabemo (“S/he speaks the Anishinaabe language”) + ‎-win → ‎anishinaabemowin (“the Anishinaabe language”)

      ‎ikwewi (“She is a woman”) + ‎-win → ‎ikwewiwin (“womanhood”)

      ‎izhinikaazo (“S/he is called (a certain way)”) + ‎-win → ‎izhinikaazowin (“A name”)

   2. inanimate-instrumental-noun-forming final

      ‎ataaso (“S/he stores something”) + ‎-win → ‎ataasowin (“A place for storage: a closet, a cupboard, a bin, etc.”)

      ‎abwe (“S/he cooks something over a fire”) + ‎-win → ‎abwewin (“A frying pan”)

   3. (rare) animate-noun-forming final

      ‎apinikaazo (“S/he is named after someone”) + ‎-win → ‎apinikaazowin (“namesake”)

      ‎attaadiwag (“They gamble/bet with each other”) + ‎-win → ‎ataadiwin (“A playing card”) (can also be inanimate)

• -aagan
• -gan
• -n

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/word-part/win-final

-win

1. nominalizing final

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 505

From Proto-Algonquian *-wini.

• IPA^(key):

-win (Syllabics -ᐏᐣ)

1. Used to make nouns from verbs: -ing

• H. C. Wolfart (1973) “Plains Cree: A grammatical study”, in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, volume 63, number 5, Philadelphia, page 23