zhiishii

Ojibwe

Etymology

Initial syllable reduplication for ᔒ (zhii). From Proto-Algonquian *ši·ʔši·y (“gourd, rattle”).

Noun

zhiishii

  1. 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

Initial

zhiishii (root)

  1. 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
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