gichi-
Ojibwe
Alternative forms
Also
- gchi= (syncope)
- ch= (reduction syncope)
- gechi= (initial change)
- gagichi= (reduplication)
- ggich= (reduplication syncope)
- gegichi= (initial change reduplication)
- gegich= (initial change reduplication syncope)
Preverb
gichi- (syllabics ᑭᐦᒋ)
Derived terms
- gichigami - sea, Lake Superior, one of Great Lakes
- gichi-aniibiish - cabbage
- gichi-gizhizo - he has pneumonia
- gichi-manidoo - great spirit, God
- gichi-miikana - highway, big road
- gichi-mookomaan - (inanimate) butcher knife, large knife, saber, long knife
- gichi-mookomaan - (animate) white man, American
- gichi-noodin - it is very windy
- gichi-oodena - city
- gichi-ziibi - big river, Mississippi River, St. Croix River
References
- The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/gichi-pv-lex
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