zhiishii
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Ojibwe
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Initial syllable reduplication for ᔒ (zhii). From Proto-Algonquian *ši·ʔši·y (“gourd, rattle”).
Noun
[edit]zhiishii
Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
Initial
[edit]zhiishii (root)
- Verb root for words that indicate rattling.
Derived terms
[edit]- Transformations
- Unaffected: ᔒᐦᔒᐝ (zhiishii)
- Initial change: ᔖᐦᔒᐝ (zhaashii)
- Reduplication: ᔖᔒᐦᔒᐝ (zhaazhiishii)
- Initial change reduplication: ᔕᐦᔮᔒᐦᔒᐝ (zhayaazhiishii)
- Initial change reduplication with syncope: ᔥᐦᔮᔒᐦᔒᐝ (zhyaazhiishii)
- Other forms
- Fully pointed mixed-finals: ᔒᐦᔒᐝ
- Fully-pointed Eastern A-finals: ᔒᐦᔒ
- Common Eastern A-finals: ᔒᔒ
- Unpointed Eastern A-finals: ᔑᔑ
References
[edit]- Freelang Electronic Ojibwe Dictionary
- "zhiishii" 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