Anishinaabe Glossary

From "A Dictionary of the Ojibway Language",

Frederic Baraga, 1878, 1880, 1992

agaami ............... other

aki ...................... Earth

awakaana ............ I enslave him

boozhoo ............. hello

chi- ..................... big or great (prefix, short for gichi)

chi-miigwech ..... big thanks

gichi- .................. big or great (prefix)

gichigami ............ great lake (Lake Superior)

gichi-oodena ....... city (great village)

gigizhebaa-wiisiniwin ........ breakfast

makak .................. birch vessel

makizin ................ shoe

Mascouten ........... `Little Prairie People'

miigwech ............. thanks

miijim .................. food

Nanaboozhoo ...... Anishinaabe folktale character

nibi ....................... water

Ojibwe ................. Chippewa

sibi ....................... stream

windigo ................ soul-eating or man-eating monster

ziibi ...................... river

Pronunciation