zhiishiigwe

Ojibwe

Etymology

  • ᔒᐦᔒᐝ (zhiishii)
  • -gw- transitivity indicator
  • -e animacy indicator

Verb

zhiishiigwe (animate intransitive)

  1. (intransitive) rattles
Conjugation

Noun

zhiishiigwe

  1. rattlesnake

Synonyms

  • ᔒᐝᓇᐌ (zhiinawe)

Derived terms

  • ᔒᐦᔒᐝᑴᒌᐱᐦᒃ (zhiishiigwejiibik)
  • ᔒᐦᔒᐝᑴᐗᐦᔮᓐ (zhiishiigwewayaan)
  • ᔒᐦᔒᐝᑴᓐᐦᔅ (zhiishiigwens)
Transformations
  • Unaffected: ᔒᐦᔒᐝᑴ (zhiishiigwe)
  • Initial change: ᔖᐦᔒᐝᑴ (zhaashiigwe)
  • Reduplication: ᔖᔒᐦᔒᐝᑴ (zhaazhiishiigwe)
  • Initial change reduplication: ᔕᐦᔮᔒᐦᔒᐝᑴ (zhayaazhiishiigwe)
    • Initial change reduplication with syncope: ᔥᐦᔮᔒᐦᔒᐝᑴ (zhyaazhiishiigwe)
Other Syllabic forms
  • Fully pointed mixed-finals: ᔒᐦᔒᐝᑴ
  • Fully-pointed Eastern A-finals: ᔒᐦᔒᑴ
  • Common Eastern A-finals: ᔒᔒᑴ
  • Unpointed Eastern A-finals: ᔑᔑᑴ

References

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