First attested in English around 1700 (and attested in early French as Outchibouec), from the Ojibwe name of an individual band of Ojibwe, of unclear origin. The most widely accepted theory connects it to Ojibwe ojibwaakide (“it shrivels, it puckers in the fire”), in reference to the puckering or tightening of moccasins at their seams or near fire. Alternatively, Helen Tanner and Edmund Danzinger connect it to the Ojibwe practice of writing on birch bark or making pictographs, respectively; compare ozhibii' (“write (someone's name) down”).
Other, less credible theories:
Other, less likely suggestions include: Henry Schoolcraft derived it from a word *bwe "pertaining to voice" ((compare bedowe (“have a soft voice”)), and like George Belcourt, believed it referred to a peculiarity of the tribe's (language's) pronunciation. Some other works connect it to the word for puckering the lips, which however is bajiishkidooneni (“she or he puckers the lips”), or assert that it refers to roasting captives until their flesh puckered, but this was not a common practice and is improbable as a self-designation.
Meanings
Of or pertaining to this people, culture or language.
Then for 50 years its story lay dormant — although the Dream Dance remained a component of Ojibwe life both north and south of the Canada-U.S. border until its rediscovery by a Winnipeg historian and her colleagues. 1998, David H. Pentland (editor), Papers of the Twenty-ninth Algonquian Conference, page 169:
First attested in English around 1700 (and attested in early French as Outchibouec), from the Ojibwe name of an individual band of Ojibwe, of unclear origin. The most widely accepted theory connects it to Ojibwe ojibwaakide (“it shrivels, it puckers in the fire”), in reference to the puckering or tightening of moccasins at their seams or near fire. Alternatively, Helen Tanner and Edmund Danzinger connect it to the Ojibwe practice of writing on birch bark or making pictographs, respectively; compare ozhibii' (“write (someone's name) down”).
Other, less credible theories:
Other, less likely suggestions include: Henry Schoolcraft derived it from a word *bwe "pertaining to voice" ((compare bedowe (“have a soft voice”)), and like George Belcourt, believed it referred to a peculiarity of the tribe's (language's) pronunciation. Some other works connect it to the word for puckering the lips, which however is bajiishkidooneni (“she or he puckers the lips”), or assert that it refers to roasting captives until their flesh puckered, but this was not a common practice and is improbable as a self-designation.
Meanings
A member of a native Algonquin people of central Canada.
The Anishinaabe people are American Indians who have historically been associated with the Great Lakes region of what is now called Canada and the United States. The Anishinaabe people of the Great Lakes include the Odawas (also known as the Ottawas), the Chippewas (also known as the Ojibwes), and the Potawatomis (also known as the Bodéwadmis)—three interrelated groups that are sometimes collectively referred to as the Three Fires Confederacy. 2022 May 5, Arland Thornton, Alphonse Pitawanakwat, Eric Hemenway, Lindsey Willow Smith, Linda Young DeMarco, Anishinaabe Geography in the 1930 Decennial Census—and the Use of this Geography in Studying the 1900-1940 Attributes of Anishinaabe People, page 4:
Forms
Spelling
Features
Labels
Source
Ojibway
alternative, archaic
lexicographic
Ojibwa
alternative, archaic
lexicographic
Ojibwes
Number=Plur
lexicographic
Ojibwe
Number=Plur
lexicographic
Translations (39)
de Anishinabe (member of Ojibwe people) · fr ojibwé (member of Ojibwe people) · otw Jibweg (member of Ojibwe people) · pl Odżibwejka (member of Ojibwe people) · otw Nishnaabeg (member of Ojibwe people) · sv ojibwa (member of Ojibwe people) · ru оджи́бва (member of Ojibwe people) · nl Ojibway (member of Ojibwe people) · tr Çippeva (member of Ojibwe people) · tr Ojibva (member of Ojibwe people) · pt ojibwa (member of Ojibwe people) · cr ᓇᐦᑲᐏᔨᓂᐤ (member of Ojibwe people) · lt odžibviai (member of Ojibwe people) · otw Nishnaabe (member of Ojibwe people) · otw Jibwe (member of Ojibwe people) · sh chippewa (member of Ojibwe people) · pl Czipewejka (member of Ojibwe people) · it ojibway (member of Ojibwe people) · eo Oĝibvoj (member of Ojibwe people) · tr Anişinaabe (member of Ojibwe people) · ja オジブワ族 (member of Ojibwe people) · es ojibwa (member of Ojibwe people) · ru оджи́бве (member of Ojibwe people) · unm Chipuwe (member of Ojibwe people) · fi ojibwa (member of Ojibwe people) · fr ojibwés (member of Ojibwe people) · fi odzhibwa (member of Ojibwe people) · nl Ojibwa (member of Ojibwe people) · fr ojibwées (member of Ojibwe people) · ca chippewa (member of Ojibwe people) · mr ओजिबवे (member of Ojibwe people) · fi odžibwa (member of Ojibwe people) · ca ojibwa (member of Ojibwe people) · oj ojibwe (member of Ojibwe people) · mez ocīpīw (member of Ojibwe people) · pl Czipewej (member of Ojibwe people) · fr ojibwée (member of Ojibwe people) · pl Odżibwej (member of Ojibwe people) · oj anishinaabe (member of Ojibwe people)
First attested in English around 1700 (and attested in early French as Outchibouec), from the Ojibwe name of an individual band of Ojibwe, of unclear origin. The most widely accepted theory connects it to Ojibwe ojibwaakide (“it shrivels, it puckers in the fire”), in reference to the puckering or tightening of moccasins at their seams or near fire. Alternatively, Helen Tanner and Edmund Danzinger connect it to the Ojibwe practice of writing on birch bark or making pictographs, respectively; compare ozhibii' (“write (someone's name) down”).
Other, less credible theories:
Other, less likely suggestions include: Henry Schoolcraft derived it from a word *bwe "pertaining to voice" ((compare bedowe (“have a soft voice”)), and like George Belcourt, believed it referred to a peculiarity of the tribe's (language's) pronunciation. Some other works connect it to the word for puckering the lips, which however is bajiishkidooneni (“she or he puckers the lips”), or assert that it refers to roasting captives until their flesh puckered, but this was not a common practice and is improbable as a self-designation.
Meanings
The language spoken by the native Algonquin people of central Canada, one of a closely related group of languages and dialects of the Algonquian branch of the Algic language family.
Endangered language communities would be thrilled with and proud of that kind of exposure for their language, like when Star Wars was dubbed into Navajo and Ojibwe. 2023 December 30, Daniel W. Hieber, “Why I hate conlangs”, in Linguistic Discovery, archived from the original on 24 May 2024:
On a Tuesday in April 2017, Janet Macbeth composed an all-office email. “My story,” read the subject line in Nishnaabemwin, the Ojibwe language.
“Hello everyone,” the email continued in Nishnaabemwin. “My name is Janet.” 2019 November 15, Kate Allen, “‘I am Janet.’ One transgender woman’s journey and her pioneering surgery”, in Toronto Star, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2024: