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In Ojibwe the general word for drum is dewe`igan, or deweyigan, or madwe`igan, or madwewechigan, or tewe`igan.

A hand drum is dewe`igan or dewe`igaans.

A sacred Mide drum is midewewe`igan

In Odawa, the word is dewe'gan, which is obviously very closely related.

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