Ojibwe

ojibwe English Alternative forms en Ojibwa Ojibway archaic Etymology First attested in English around 1700 (and attested in early French as fr Outchibouec), from the en oj - name of an individual band of Ojibwe,Ojibwa of unclear origin. The most widely accepted theory connects it to oj ojibwaakide it shrivels, it puckers in the fire, in reference to the puckering or tightening of moccasins at their seams or near fire.Anton Treuer, "What's in a name: The meaning of Ojibwe", in Oshkaabewis Native Journal (Fall 1995, [re]printed 2011), volume 2, number 1, page 39Anna J. Willow, Strong Hearts, Native Lands (2012), page 17 Alternatively, Helen Tanner and Edmund Danzinger connect it to the Ojibwe practice of writing on birch bark or making pictographs, respectively; compare oj ozhibii' write (someone's name) down. 2 Other, less credible theories: Other, less likely suggestions include: Henry Schoolcraft derived it from a word *bwe "pertaining to voice" ((compare oj bedowe have a soft voice), and like George Belcourt, believed it referred to a peculiarity of the tribe's (language's) pronunciation. Some other works connect it to the word for puckering the lips, which however is oj bajiishkidooneni she or he puckers the lips, or assert that it refers to roasting captives until their flesh puckered, but this was not a common practice and is improbable as a self-designation. Pronunciation en /əˈdʒɪbweɪ/ UK en /oʊˈdʒɪbweɪ/ US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Ojibwe.wav US Adjective Of or pertaining to this people, culture or language. en 1998 Papers of the Twenty-ninth Algonquian Conference David H. Pentland (editor) 169 Then for 50 years its story lay dormant — although the Dream Dance remained a component of Ojibwe life both north and south of the Canada-U.S. border until its rediscovery by a Winnipeg historian and her colleagues. Synonyms en Chippewa / en Chippeway / en Chippewe Hypernyms en Anishinaabe Noun s * A member of a native Algonquin people of central Canada. en Arland Thornton, Alphonse Pitawanakwat, Eric Hemenway, Lindsey Willow Smith, Linda Young DeMarco Anishinaabe Geography in the 1930 Decennial Census—and the Use of this Geography in Studying the 1900-1940 Attributes of Anishinaabe People 2022-05-05 4 https://ssai.isr.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Anishinaabe-Residence-and-County-Areas-220629.pdf The Anishinaabe people are American Indians who have historically been associated with the Great Lakes region of what is now called Canada and the United States. The Anishinaabe people of the Great Lakes include the Odawas (also known as the Ottawas), the Chippewas (also known as the Ojibwes), and the Potawatomis (also known as the Bodéwadmis)—three interrelated groups that are sometimes collectively referred to as the Three Fires Confederacy. https://web.archive.org/web/20261008101353/https://ssai.isr.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Anishinaabe-Residence-and-County-Areas-220629.pdf 8 October 2026 Translations member of Ojibwe people Catalan: ca chippewa, ca ojibwa Cree: Plains Cree: crk nahkawiyiniw Dutch: nl Ojibwa p, nl Ojibway p Esperanto: eo Oĝibvoj Finnish: fi odžibwa, fi odzhibwa, fi ojibwa French: fr ojibwé m, fr ojibwée f, fr ojibwés m-p, fr ojibwées f-p German: de Anishinabe Italian: it ojibway Japanese: ja オジブワ族 Ojibuwa-zoku Lithuanian: lt odžibviai Marathi: mr ओजिबवे m Menominee: mez ocīpīw Ojibwe: Canadian syllabics: oj ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯ Latin: oj ojibwe, oj anishinaabe Ottawa: otw Nishnaabe, otw Nishnaabeg p, otw Jibwe, otw Jibweg p Polish: pl Odżibwej m, pl Odżibwejka f, pl Czipewej m, pl Czipewejka f Portuguese: pt ojibwa m Russian: ru оджи́бва m, ru оджи́бве m Serbo-Croatian: sh chippewa Spanish: es ojibwa Swedish: sv ojibwa Turkish: tr Ojibva, tr Anişinaabe, tr Çippeva Unami: unm Chipuwe an Proper noun The language spoken by the native Algonquin people of central Canada, one of a closely related group of languages and dialects of the Algonquian branch of the Algic language family. en Chippewa Ojibwemowin en Anishinaabemowin en Kate Allen ‘I am Janet.’ One transgender woman’s journey and her pioneering surgery w:Toronto Star 2019-11-15 On a Tuesday in April 2017, Janet Macbeth composed an all-office email. “My story,” read the subject line in Nishnaabemwin, the Ojibwe language. “Hello everyone,” the email continued in Nishnaabemwin. “My name is Janet.” https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/i-am-janet-one-transgender-woman-s-journey-and-her-pioneering-surgery/article_1726c3f2-c447-5cca-9011-181fce996fc3.html https://web.archive.org/web/20240717213952/https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/i-am-janet-one-transgender-woman-s-journey-and-her-pioneering-surgery/article_1726c3f2-c447-5cca-9011-181fce996fc3.html en Daniel W. Hieber Why I hate conlangs Linguistic Discovery https://linguisticdiscovery.com/blog/why-i-hate-conlangs/ 2023-12-30 Endangered language communities would be thrilled with and proud of that kind of exposure for their language, like when Star Wars was dubbed into Navajo and Ojibwe. https://web.archive.org/web/20240524133211/https://linguisticdiscovery.com/blog/why-i-hate-conlangs/ Translations Ojibwe language Anishinaabemowin Breton: br ojibweg Catalan: ca chippewa m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 歐及布語 Ōujíbù yǔ Cree: Plains Cree: crk nahkawêwin Dutch: nl Ojibwe n, nl Ojibwa n Esperanto: eo Aniŝinabeka lingvo Finnish: fi odžibwa, fi odzhibwa, fi ojibwa French: fr ojibwé m Galician: gl lingua ojibwa f German: de Ojibwe n Japanese: ja オジブウェー語 Ojibuwē-go, ja アニシナーベ語 Anishinābe-go Lithuanian: lt anišinabų kalba Marathi: mr ओजिबवे f Menominee: mez ocīpīweqnaesewen Navajo: nv Anishinaabe bizaad Ojibwe: oj ojibwemowin, oj anishinaabemowin / oj ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ Ottawa: otw nishnaabemwin Polish: pl język odżibwe m Portuguese: pt ojibwa m, pt ojibwe m Potawatomi: pot neshnabémwen Quechua: qu anishinapay simi Russian: ru оджи́бва m, ru оджи́бве m odžíbvɛ Spanish: es ojibwa m Swedish: sv ojibwe Thai: th ภาษาโอจิบเว paasăa ohjìpway Turkish: tr Ojibvaca, tr Ojibva dili See also oj References Further reading 1 oj oji oji, a macrolanguage including: ojc Central Ojibwe ojg Eastern Ojibwe ojb Northwestern Ojibwe otw Ottawa ojs Severn Ojibwe ojw Western Ojibwe en Languages Native American tribes