Potawatomi en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- pôʹ-tə-wäʹ-tə-mē
- (US) audio
- /ˌpɔtəˈwɑtəmi/
Etymology
Borrowed from Ojibwe boodawaadamii or Potawatomi Bodéwademi (“those who tend the fire”) (unsyncoped form of Bodéwadmi), from boodawaadam/bodewadm (“hearth”).
Meanings
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A member of a Native American people of the upper Mississippi River region.
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. […] We also use data from additional tables published in that same 1937 census volume to identify all counties in the U.S. that had ten or more Odawas, ten or more Chippewas, and/or ten or more Potawatomis recorded in the 1930 census—and for each of these counties we identify the number of Odawa, Chippewa, and Potawatomi people recorded in the county. In this way we document the states and counties of residence of the Anishinaabe population.
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, pages 4, 5:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pottawatomi | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Potawatami | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Potawatomi | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| Pottawattomi | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Pottawattamie | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Bodéwadmi | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Pottawatomie | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Potawatomis | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (25)
it potawatomi (member of the Potawatomi people) · fr Potéouatamis (member of the Potawatomi people) · pot Bodéwadmi (member of the Potawatomi people) · pl Potawatomi (member of the Potawatomi people) · otw Nishnaabeg (member of the Potawatomi people) · oj boodawaadamii (member of the Potawatomi people) · fr Potéouatami (member of the Potawatomi people) · pot Neshnabék (member of the Potawatomi people) · oj boodawaadamiig (member of the Potawatomi people) · ca potawatomi (member of the Potawatomi people) · otw Boodewaadmii (member of the Potawatomi people) · pot Bodwéwadmi (member of the Potawatomi people) · sac Pehkînenîha (member of the Potawatomi people) · ko 포타와토미 (member of the Potawatomi people) · pot Bodwéwadmik pl Neshnabé (member of the Potawatomi people) · unm Puteòtàm (member of the Potawatomi people) · sac Shîshîpêhinenîha (member of the Potawatomi people) · es potawatomi (member of the Potawatomi people) · otw Boodewaadmiig (member of the Potawatomi people) · oj anishinaabeg (member of the Potawatomi people) · otw Nishnaabe (member of the Potawatomi people) · oj anishinaabe (member of the Potawatomi people) · pot Bodéwadmik (member of the Potawatomi people) · pl Potawatomi (member of the Potawatomi people) · mez pōtawa͞etemīw (member of the Potawatomi people)