what is the ojibwe word for family
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∙ 10y agoAnonymous
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There are many ways of saying (my) grandmother in the Ojibwe language:naannookomnookomisninookomisnimaamaanaannigookomis
Clyde Bellecourt ~APEX~
Clyde Bellecourt
Menominee, Ho-Chunk, Ojibwe,Potawatomi, Sauk, Mohegan, and probably the Fox at one time.
A longhouse is technically a wigwam, but a wigwam is not always a longhouse.The term "wigwam" refers to dwellings of any shape that are covered in birch-bark, including longhouses. But wigwams can also be small and cone-shaped, or small and domed.The word wigwam derives from many different Algonquian languages of the north-eastern cultural region: Mi'kmaq wikuom, Mahican wiqâhm, Ojibwe wiigiwaam and so on). All are derived from the respective words for birchbark (for example Ojibwe wiigwaas).So if a dwelling was in the eastern woodlands and was covered in birchbark it was a wigwam, no matter what shape it happened to be.See links below for images:
the meaning of the word "ojibwe" is not known, but it can also be written as ojibwa or chippewa.
I can find no trace of a word like that in any of the many Ojibwe language reference books.The element neen is extremely unusual in Ojibwe; the nearest is niin, meaning I or me.
In two Ojibwe dialects the words for "dancer" are naamidand oniimii.
Giizis is the ojibwe word for 'sun'
An Algonquian is another word for an Algonquin - a member of an aboriginal North American tribe, closely related to the Odawa and Ojibwe, who reside mostly in Quebec - or the family of languages belonging to these people.
An Algonkian is another word for an Algonquin - a member of an aboriginal North American tribe, closely related to the Odawa and Ojibwe, who reside mostly in Quebec - or the family of languages belonging to these people.
"Miigwech" is an Ojibwe word in the Anishinaabe language, which is an indigenous language spoken by the Ojibwe people in North America. It is typically used to express "thank you" or gratitude.
The word for "bear" in Ojibwe is makwa, sometimes mako- in combination with another word.
Maengun or ma'iingan is the Ojibwe/Chippewa word for wolf.
In the past this tribe has been given various names: Ojibwa, Ojibway, Ojibwe, Chippewa, Chippeway. None of these is their real name (as is generally the case with native American tribal names) - they call themselves Anishinaabeg.All the Ojibwe/Chippewa names are really versions of a single native word, but there is some debate about which particular word. It may be ojiibwabwe, meaning "puckered up" and referring to the way they make their moccasins - but there are other possibilities.
Migwetch or miigwetch is the Ojibwe word for "it is too much" - it is generally used for "thanks".
The name comes from the Ojibwe word misaabe, which can mean the constellation of Orion, or a large man, or a giant. There is clearly a reference to an Ojibwe religious story involved.