Anishinaabe

See also: anishinaabe

English

Alternative forms

• Anishinabe
• Nishnaabe, Neshnabé (derived from other varieties of Anishinaabemowin)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ojibwe anishinaabe / ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯ. Doublet of Nishnaabe (from Odawa and Eastern Ojibwe) and Neshnabé (from Potawatomi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʌnɪʃɪˈnɑːbeɪ/, /ˌənɪʃɪˈnɑːbeɪ/, /ˌɑːnɪʃɪˈnɑːbeɪ/

Noun

Anishinaabe (plural Anishinaabe or Anishinaabes or Anishinaabeg or Anishinaabek)

1. An Ojibwe, Nipissing, Algonquin, Potawatomi, or Odawa person.
   • 2016, Lawrence W. Gross, Anishinaabe Ways of Knowing and Being, Routledge, →ISBN, page 4:

     In speaking about these non-Indian authors, there are a couple of more points I should make concerning my identity as an Anishinaabe scholar, both of which are related to the picture I paint of Anishinaabe culture.

   • 2022 May 5, Arland Thornton, Alphonse Pitawanakwat, Eric Hemenway, Lindsey Willow Smith, Linda Young DeMarco, Anishinaabe Geography in the 1930 Decennial Census—and the Use of this Geography in Studying the 1900-1940 Attributes of Anishinaabe People‎^[1], page 4:

     The Anishinaabe people are American Indians who have historically been associated with the Great Lakes region of what is now called Canada and the United States. The Anishinaabe people of the Great Lakes include the Odawas (also known as the Ottawas), the Chippewas (also known as the Ojibwes), and the Potawatomis (also known as the Bodéwadmis)—three interrelated groups that are sometimes collectively referred to as the Three Fires Confederacy.

   1. (specifically) An Ojibwe person.
      • 2013, Andrejs Kulnieks, Dan Roronhiakewen Longboat, Young Young, Contemporary Studies in Environmental and Indigenous Pedagogies: A Curricula of Stories and Place, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 2:

        In Deborah McGregor's chapter, she relates key personal and professional experiences regarding Aboriginal Environmental Knowledge (AEK), based upon her own life as an Anishinaabe, as well as on conversations and interactions ...

2. (rare or uncommon) Synonym of Anishinaabemowin (“Anishinaabe language(s)”)

Derived terms

• Nish

Related terms

• Anishinaabemowin
• Neshnabé
• Nishnaabe

Translations

member of Anishinaabe people(s)

• French: Anichinabé (fr) m, Anichinabée (fr) f, Anichinabés (fr) m pl, Anichinabées (fr) f pl
• Ojibwe: anishinaabe, anishinaabeg pl
• Ottawa: nishnaabe, nishnaabeg pl
• Potawatomi: neshnabé, neshnabék pl

French

Noun

Anishinaabe ? (plural Anishinaabeg)

1. alternative form of anichinabé

Ojibwe

Noun

Anishinaabe anim (plural Anishinaabeg)

1. alternative letter-case form of anishinaabe