asemaa
Ojibwe
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *ahseᐧmaᐧwa (“tobacco”). Cognate with Cree ᑭᐢᑌᒪᐤ (kistemaw, “tobacco”), Ottawa semaa (“tobacco”), Cree ᒋᐢᒉᒫᐢ (ciscemaas, “tobacco”), Northern East Cree ᒋᔥᑖᒫᐤ (cishtaamaaw, “tobacco”), Southern East Cree ᒋᔥᑌᒫᐤ (cishtemaaw, “tobacco”), Naskapi ᒋᔅᑕᒪᐤ (chistamaw, “tobacco”), Miami ahsemaa (“tobacco”), Abenaki wdamô (“tobacco”), Malecite-Passamaquoddy 'tomawey (“tobacco”), Penobscot wətamάweyi (“tobacco”), Montagnais Tshishtemau, Cheyenne tse'némoo'o (“tobacco”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /aseˈmaː/
Inflection
- asemaan (obviative)
- asemaans (diminutive)
- asemaang (locative)
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