Ojibwe

== English == === Alternative forms === Ojibwa, Ojibway (archaic) === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /əˈdʒɪbweɪ/ (US) IPA(key): /oʊˈdʒɪbweɪ/ === Proper noun === Ojibwe 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. Synonyms: Chippewa, Ojibwemowin Hypernym: Anishinaabemowin ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Wiktionary’s coverage of Ojibwe terms === Proper noun === Ojibwe (plural Ojibwes or Ojibwe) A member of a native Algonquin people of central Canada. ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === Ojibwe (comparative more Ojibwe, superlative most Ojibwe) Of or pertaining to this people, culture or language. ==== Synonyms ==== Chippewa / Chippeway / Chippewe ==== Hypernyms ==== Anishinaabe === References === === Further reading === ISO 639-1 code oj, ISO 639-3 code oji (SIL) Ethnologue entry for Ojibwe, oji ⁠, a macrolanguage including: