#ojibwemowin
WIIYAW-HER BODY (IN ANISHINAABEMOWIN)
- oshtigwaan- her head
- wiinizisan- her hairs
- odinimaangan- her shoulder
- onik- her arm
- odooskwan- her elbow
- oninj- her hand
- onoogan- her hip
- okaad- her leg
- ogidig- her knee
- ozid- her foot
Note: Most body part words in Anishinaabemowin are “inalienable.” This means you have to say HER head, MY head, YOUR head. You can’t simply say “a head” without specifying who it belongs to. This is what the o-orod-on most of the words refers to.
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AKI EZHINAAGWAK -GEOGRAPHY (IN OJIBWE)
Note: there are some features on this map that either don’t have words in Ojibwe (because they are from a geography Ojibwe people historically weren’t familiar with) or because I don’t know them. I did not make this chart, unfortunately it was on reddit with no attribution. My apologies.
wajiw- mountain
misaakwam- iceberg
gakijiwan- it is a waterfall
gichi-mikwam- glacier
ishkodewadinaa- it is a volcano
ziibiins- stream
gichigami - sea
boodaajiwanibiise- it is a geyser
dootoogakimigaa - it is tundra
zaaga’igan- lake
bikwadinaa- it is a hill
basadinaa- it is a valley
waabishkiki- swamp
wiikwed- bay
waazh- cave
basakamigaa- it is a canyon
zaagiing- at the inlet
ziibi- river
desaabik- mesa
baatekamigaa- it is a desert
babiikwadaawangaa- there are sand dunes
neyaashi- point
jiigibiig- on the sohre
mashkode- prairie, plains
minisikaa- there is an archipelago
minis- island
aazhibik- cliff
mitigwaki- forest
aazhawaawangaa- it is an isthmus
mashkiig- marsh
ziibiikaajigan- canal
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