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Ojibwe
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *ši·ʔši·pa, cognate to Plains Cree sîsîp.
Noun
zhiishiib
- duck (aquatic animal)
- teal, freshwater duck (duckling or small adult duck)
Derived terms
- Independent compounds
- ᒪᐦᑲᑌᔒᐦᔒᑉ (makade-zhiishiib)
- ᔒᐦᔒᑉᒪᓅᒥᓐ (zhiishiib-manoomin)
- ᔒᐦᔒᐱᓰᐱ (Zhiishiibi-ziibi)
- Dependent compounds
- Other forms
- Fully-pointed Eastern A-finals: ᔒᐦᔒᑉ
- Common Eastern A-finals: ᔒᔒᑉ
- Unpointed Eastern A-finals: ᔑᔑᑉ
Proper noun
zhiishiib
- The Duck totem (clan).
Derived terms
- Transformations
- Other forms
- Fully pointed mixed-finals: ᔒᐦᔒᑉ
- Fully-pointed Eastern A-finals: ᔒᐦᔒᑉ
- Common Eastern A-finals: ᔒᔒᑉ
- Unpointed Eastern A-finals: ᔑᔑᑉ
References
- Freelang Electronic Ojibwe Dictionary
- "zhiishiib" in A Dictionary of the Otchipwe Language, 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
Ottawa
Noun
zhiishiib anim (plural zhiishiibag)
- duck
References
Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 184