zhooniyaa
Ojibwe
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Algonquian *šoᐧliyaᐧw- (“money”). Cognate with Fox shôniyâhi (“money”).
Noun
[edit]zhooniyaa
- money
- 2006-2011, Heid E. Erdrich, Ezhi-bimoseyaang [The Way We Walk]:
- Nda'dibaadaaminan nokiiwinan miinwaa zhooniyaa miinwaa dibaajimaangidwa, niijaanisinaanig.
- We talk of work and money and we talk of our children.
- silver
Inflection
[edit]- zhooniyaawigamigoon (plural)
- zhooniyaawigamigong (locative)