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Nishnaabemwin

Nishnaabemwin proper noun: the variants of Nishnaabemwin that use this form of the word (which are spoken with vowel syncope), spoken in southern Ontario, around Lake Huron, primarily Odawa, Eastern Ojibwe and Nipissing. Also the alternative form of Anishinaabemowin.

Proper noun

Nishnaabemwin

  1. (specifically) The variants of Nishnaabemwin that use this form of the word (which are spoken with vowel syncope), spoken in southern Ontario, around Lake Huron, primarily Odawa, Eastern Ojibwe and Nipissing.
    • When Nipissing author Jenny Kay Dupuis co-wrote I Am Not a Number, she knew that she wanted to have it translated into the Nbising dialect of Nishnaabemwin, the language that her grandmother was forbidden to speak at residential school.2019 February 1, Zoe Tennant, “Jenny Kay Dupuis wanted her book to be available in the language her grandmother was punished for speaking”, in CBC Radio, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2025
    • 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

Also used as

Nishnaabemwin is also the alternative form of Anishinaabemowin.

Origin of Nishnaabemwin

Borrowed from Eastern Ojibwa and Ottawa Nishnaabemwin.

Questions about Nishnaabemwin

What does Nishnaabemwin mean?
Nishnaabemwin means the variants of Nishnaabemwin that use this form of the word (which are spoken with vowel syncope), spoken in southern Ontario, around Lake Huron, primarily Odawa, Eastern Ojibwe and Nipissing.
What part of speech is Nishnaabemwin?
Nishnaabemwin is a proper noun.

Words near Nishnaabemwin in the dictionary

  1. Nishizawa
  2. Nishizawas
  3. Nishizumi
  4. Nishizumis
  5. Nishnaabe
  6. Nishnaabemwin
  7. nishtaneh hateva
  8. Nishtha
  9. nisi
  10. nisi prius
  11. Nisibene

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