-win

-win

See also: win, Wīn, wɨn, and .win

Ojibwe

Final

-win (plural -winan) (-ᐄᓐ)

1. nominalizing final

   anishinaabemo — he speaks Ojibwe

   anishinaabemowin — Ojibwe language

   ataaso — he stores something

   ataasowin — closet; cupboard

   maajitaa — he begins

   maajitaawin — beginning

Derived terms

• akandoowin
• anishinaabemowin
• bwaanimowin
• dibaakonigewin
• gabeshiwin
• giigidowin
• ikidowin
• mashkawiziiwin
• ojibwemowin

Related terms

• -aagan
• -gan
• -n

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Ottawa

Suffix

-win

1. nominalizing final

References

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 505

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Plains Cree

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *-wini.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-ˈwɪn]

Suffix

-win (Syllabics -ᐏᐣ)

1. Used to make nouns from verbs: -ing

Derived terms

Plains Cree terms suffixed with -win

References

• H. C. Wolfart (1973), “Plains Cree: A grammatical study”, in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, volume 63, issue 5, Philadelphia, page 23