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Ojibwe
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *wi·kiwa·ʔmi (“house, wigwam”). Cognate with Menominee we·kewam, Abenaki wigwôm, Penobscot wigwom, Unami wikëwam, Munsee wíikwahm.
Noun
wiigiwaam inan (plural wiigiwaaman, diminutive wiigiwaamens, locative wiigiwaaming)
- wigwam, lodge
Bebesho badakidewan iniw wiigiwaaman.- The wigwams stand close to each other.
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