zhiishiibiins

Ojibwe

Etymology

zhiishiib + a diminutive suffix

Noun

zhiishiibiins

1. duckling (baby duck)

Related terms

• ᔒᐦᔒᐯᓐᐦᔅ (zhiishiibens)

Transformations

• ᔒᐦᔒᐲᓐᐦᔅ (zhiishiibens) unaffected
• ᔖᐦᔒᐲᓐᐦᔅ (zhaashiibens) initial change
• ᔖᔒᐦᔒᐲᓐᐦᔅ (zhaazhiishiibens) reduplication
• ᔕᐦᔮᐦᔒᐲᓐᐦᔅ (zhayaazhiishiibens) initial change reduplication
• ᔥᐦᔮᐦᔒᐲᓐᐦᔅ (zhyaazhiishiibens) initial change reduplication with syncope

Other syllabic forms

• Fully pointed (mixed-finals and Eastern A-finals): ᔒᐦᔒᐲᓐᐦᔅ
• Common Eastern A-finals: ᔒᔒᐱᓐᔅ
• Unpointed Eastern A-finals: ᔑᔑᐱᔅ

References

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