zhiishiib

Ojibwe

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *ši·ʔši·pa, cognate to Plains Cree sîsîp.

Noun

zhiishiib

  1. duck (aquatic animal)
  2. teal, freshwater duck (duckling or small adult duck)

Derived terms
Derived terms
Independent compounds
  • ᒪᐦᑲᑌᔒᐦᔒᑉ (makade-zhiishiib)
  • ᔒᐦᔒᑉᒪᓅᒥᓐ (zhiishiib-manoomin)
  • ᔒᐦᔒᐱᓰᐱ (Zhiishiibi-ziibi)
Dependent compounds
  • ᔒᐦᔒᐸᐦᑭᐦᒄ (zhiishiibakik)
  • ᔒᐦᔒᐸᐧᓂᐝ (zhiishiibanwi)
  • ᔒᐦᔒᐱᐦᑯᒋᑲᓐ (zhiishiibikojigan)
  • ᔒᐦᔒᐱᐦᔑᒧᓐ (zhiishiibishimon)
Other forms
  • Fully-pointed Eastern A-finals: ᔒᐦᔒᑉ
  • Common Eastern A-finals: ᔒᔒᑉ
  • Unpointed Eastern A-finals: ᔑᔑᑉ

Proper noun

zhiishiib

  1. The Duck totem (clan).

Derived terms
Transformations
  • ᔒᐦᔒᑉ (zhiishiib) unaffected
  • ᔖᐦᔒᑉ (zhaashiib) initial change
  • ᔖᔒᐦᔒᑉ (zhaazhiishiib) reduplication
  • ᔕᐦᔮᐦᔒᑉ (zhayaazhiishiib) initial change reduplication
  • ᔥᐦᔮᐦᔒᑉ (zhyaazhiishiib) initial change reduplication with syncope
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)

  1. duck

References

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 184

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