zhooniyaa

Ojibwe

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *šoᐧliyaᐧw- (“money”). Cognate with Fox shôniyâhi (“money”).

Noun

zhooniyaa anim (locative zhooniyaang, diminutive zhooniyaans)

1. 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.

zhooniyaa inan (locative zhooniyaang, diminutive zhooniyaans)

1. (a piece of) silver

Derived terms

verbs

• sozhooniyaami
• zhooniyaakaadan
• zhooniyaakaazh
• zhooniyaake

compounds

• gwayako-zhooniyaa
• mazina'igani-zhooniyaa
• ozaawaa-zhooniyaa
• zhooniyaa-makak
• zhooniyaa-mashkimod
• zhooniyaa-mazina'igan
• zhooniyaa-waagosh

References

• Nora Livesay and John D. Nichols, editors (2012-2021), “zhooniyaa”, in Ojibwe People's Dictionary‎^[1], University of Minnesota