ziigwan
Ojibwe
Preverb
ziigwan= (consonant root)
ziigwani- (lexical)
- spring, springtime
Derived terms
ziigwan=
- ziigwan (intransitive verb, inanimate subject)
- it is spring, it is springtime
- ziigwanishi (intransitive verb, animate subject)
- spend spring somewhere else
- ziigwanong (particle)
- last spring
- awas-ziigwanong (particle)
- spring before last
- ziigwanindaagwad (intransitive verb, inanimate subject)
- it is considered to be spring
ziigwani-
- Ziigwani-gakaabikaang (place)
- Seguin Falls, Ontario
- Transformations
- ziigwan= (unaffected)
- zaagwan= (initial change)
- zaaziigwan= (reduplication)
- zayaaziigwan= (initial change reduplication)
See also
- biboon
- dagwaagin
- niibin