zhiishiibens

Ojibwe

Etymology

• ᔒᐦᔒᑉ (zhiishiib)
• -ens (diminutive suffix)

Noun

zhiishiibens

1. small duck (aquatic animal)
2. small teal (duck)
3. duckling

Related terms

• duckling: ᔒᐦᔒᐲᓐᐦᔅ (zhiishiibiins)

Transformations

• ᔒᐦᔒᐯᓐᐦᔅ (zhiishiibens) unaffected
• ᔖᐦᔒᐯᓐᐦᔅ (zhaashiibens) initial change
• ᔖᔒᐦᔒᐯᓐᐦᔅ (zhaazhiishiibens) reduplication
• ᔕᐦᔮᐦᔒᐯᓐᐦᔅ (zhayaazhiishiibens) initial change reduplication
• ᔥᐦᔮᐦᔒᐯᓐᐦᔅ (zhyaazhiishiibens) initial change reduplication with syncope

Other Syllabic forms

• Fully pointed mixed-finals: ᔒᐦᔒᐯᓐᐦᔅ
• Fully-pointed Eastern A-finals: ᔒᐦᔒᐯᓐᐦᔅ
• Common Eastern A-finals: ᔒᔒᐯᓐᔅ
• Unpointed Eastern A-finals: ᔑᔑᐯᔅ

References

• Nichols & Nyholm: 127a-18.2
• Freelang Electronic Ojibwe Dictionary
• Baraga, Frederic. 1878. A Dictionary of the Otchipwe Language, explained in English. Montréal: Beauchemin & Valois.
• Cuoq, Joseph. 1886. Lexique de la Langue Algonquine. Montréal: J. Chapleau & Fils.
• Nichols, John D. and Earl Nyholm. 1995. A Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
• Rhodes, Richard A. 1985. Eastern Ojibwa-Chippewa-Ottawa Dictionary. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.