anishinaabemowin

Ojibwe

Etymology

From anishinaabemo (“speaks Ojibwe”) +‎ win. Cognate to Eastern Ojibwa/Ottawa nishnaabemwin, and Potawatomi neshnabé. Compare also Severn Ojibwa anishininiimowin, where naabe was replaced by its synonym inini

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌnɪʃɪnɑːbeːmowɪn/, [ʌnɪʃɪnɑːpeːmowɪn]

Noun

anishinaabemowin (Canadian syllabics spelling ᐊᓂᐦᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ)

1. the Anishinaabe language (group)/Anishinaabemowin (Algonquin, Odawa, Ojibwe, Potawatomi and Saulteaux)
   1. (specifically) the Ojibwe language
2. any First Nations/Native American language

Hyponyms

• boodewaadamiimowin (“the Potawatomi language”)
• nakawemowin (“the Saulteaux/Western Ojibwe language”)
• odaawaamowin (“the Odawa language”)
• odishkwaagamiimowin (“the Algonquin language”)
• ojibwemowin (“the Ojibwe language”)

References

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/anishinaabemowin-ni
• Freelang Electronic Ojibwe Dictionary
• "anishinaabemowin" 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
• EOCOD: 309a-4.0, 501a-12.08
• CDMO: 010b-15.0, 200a-03.1, 221b-01.01

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Central, ojc ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Eastern, ojg ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Northwestern, ojb ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Severn, ojs ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Western, ojw ⁠