zhiishii
Ojibwe
Etymology
Initial syllable reduplication for ᔒ (zhii). From Proto-Algonquian *ši·ʔši·y (“gourd, rattle”).
Noun
zhiishii
- rattle
Derived terms
Derived terms
- Common Eastern A-finals: ᔒᔒ
- Fully-pointed Eastern A-finals: ᔒᐦᔒ
- Fully pointed mixed-finals: ᔒᐦᔒ
- Unpointed Eastern A-finals: ᔑᔑ
Verb
zhiishii
- Verb root for words that indicate rattling.
Derived terms
- ᔒᐦᔒᐝᑯ (zhiishiigo)
- ᔒᐦᔒᐝᑴ (zhiishiigwe)
- ᔒᐦᔒᐝᑾᓇᓐ (zhiishiigwanan)
- ᔒᐦᔒᐝᑾᓐ (zhiishiigwan)
- Transformations
- Unaffected: ᔒᐦᔒᐝ (zhiishii)
- Initial change: ᔖᐦᔒᐝ (zhaashii)
- Reduplication: ᔖᔒᐦᔒᐝ (zhaazhiishii)
- Initial change reduplication: ᔕᐦᔮᔒᐦᔒᐝ (zhayaazhiishii)
- Initial change reduplication with syncope: ᔥᐦᔮᔒᐦᔒᐝ (zhyaazhiishii)
- Other forms
- Fully pointed mixed-finals: ᔒᐦᔒᐝ
- Fully-pointed Eastern A-finals: ᔒᐦᔒ
- Common Eastern A-finals: ᔒᔒ
- Unpointed Eastern A-finals: ᔑᔑ
References
- Freelang Electronic Ojibwe Dictionary
- "zhiishii" in A Dictionary of the Otchipwe Language, Beauchemin & Valois, 1878.
- Jean André Cuoq, Lexique de la Langue Algonquine. Montréal, J. Chapleau & Fils, 1886
- John D. Nichols and Earl Nyholm, A Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1995
- Richard A. Rhodes, Eastern Ojibwa-Chippewa-Ottawa Dictionary. Berlin, Mouton de Gruyter, 1985