-wi
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Ojibwe
[edit]Final
[edit]-wi
- to be a certain kind of (animate) thing or being
- to become a certain kind of (animate) thing or being
Usage notes
[edit]Final added to a noun stem to form a verb of being
Derived terms
[edit]- akiiwi
- anishinaabewi
- ikwezensiwi
- ininiiwi — he is a man
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/word-part/wi-final
Ottawa
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-wi
- to be (animate)
References
[edit]Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 319