aʼaw

See also: aaw, AAW, and aaw-

Ojibwe

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌˈʔʌw/

Pronoun

aʼaw anim

1. that

   Miish miinawaa azhigwa gii-wenda-ginzhizhawizid aʼaw mindimooyenh, miinawaa azhigwa gaa-izhi-desaʼoniked.

   The old lady really was industrious and made sleeping platforms.

   Makoons aʼaw.

   That's a bear cub.

   Gawaʼ aʼaw mitig.

   Chop that tree down.

See also

Ojibwe demonstrative, dubitative and interrogative pronouns

			Animate			Inanimate
			Proximate		Obviative
			Singular	Plural		Singular	Plural
Demonstrative	Proximal (Nearest)	this/these	waʼaw	ongow	onow	oʼow	onow
	Mesioproximal	this/these over here	waʼawedi	ongowedig	onowedin	oʼowedi	onowedin
	Mesiodistal	that/those	aʼaw	ingiw	iniw	iʼiw	iniw
	Distal (Farthest)	that/those over there	aʼawedi	ingiwedig	iniwedin	iʼiwedi	iniwedin
Dubitative		I wonder who/what	awegwen	awegwenag	awegwenan	wegodogwen	wegodogwenan
Interrogative		who/what	awenen	awenenag	awenenan	wegonen	wegonenan

References

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/a-aw-pron-dem