what is the ojibwe word for family
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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.
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.
Why do the Ojibwe feel like they have the right to spearfish?