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Ojibwe
Etymology
zhiishiib + a diminutive suffix
Noun
zhiishiibiins
- duckling (baby duck)
- Transformations
- Other syllabic forms
- Fully pointed (mixed-finals and Eastern A-finals): ᔒᐦᔒᐲᓐᐦᔅ
- Common Eastern A-finals: ᔒᔒᐱᓐᔅ
- Unpointed Eastern A-finals: ᔑᔑᐱᔅ
References
- Freelang Electronic Ojibwe Dictionary
- Frederic, Baraga, A Dictionary of the Otchipwe Language, explained in English (1878; Montréal: Beauchemin & Valois)
- Joseph Cuoq, Lexique de la Langue Algonquine (1886; Montréal: J. Chapleau & Fils)
- John D. Nichols and Earl Nyholm, A Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe (1995; Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press)
- Richard A. Rhodes, Eastern Ojibwa-Chippewa-Ottawa Dictionary (1985; Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter)