-jiwan
Ojibwe
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Algonquian *-ičiwan (“flow”). Cognate with Menominee -cewan (“flow”), Cree -ciwan/-ᒋᐊᐧᐣ (-ciayn, “flow”).
Verb
[edit]-jiwan
- to flow
Derived terms
[edit]- animijiwan
- animwewejiwan
- aabijijiwan
- bakejiwan
- bakijijiwan
- bedwewejiwan
- bejijiwan
- bimijijiwan
- bimijiwan
- biidwewejiwan
- biijijiwan
- biindigejiwan
- biinjijiwan
- danwewejiwan
- gakaamikijiwan
- gakijiwan
- gizhibaajiwan
- gizhiijiwan
- gizhiiwewejiwan
- izhijiwan
- madaabiijiwan
- madwejiwan
- maajijiwan
- mookijiwan
- mookijiwanibiig
- niisijiwan
- onjijiwan
- waawiyejiwan
- zaagijiwan
- zaasijiwan
- ziigijiwan
- zhaabojiwan
Related terms
[edit]- -aajiwan-
- wenji-maajiijiwang (source of the Mississippi)
Further reading
[edit]- The Ojibwe People's Dictionary (https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/word-part/jiwan-final)