zhiishii

== Ojibwe == === Etymology === Initial syllable reduplication for ᔒ (zhii). From Proto-Algonquian *ši·ʔši·y (“gourd, rattle”). === Noun === zhiishii rattle ==== Derived terms ==== === Initial === zhiishii (root) Verb root for words that indicate rattling. ==== Derived terms ==== Transformations Unaffected: ᔒᐦᔒᐝ (zhiishii) Initial change: ᔖᐦᔒᐝ (zhaashii) Reduplication: ᔖᔒᐦᔒᐝ (zhaazhiishii) Initial change reduplication: ᔕᐦᔮᔒᐦᔒᐝ (zhayaazhiishii) Initial change reduplication with syncope: ᔥᐦᔮᔒᐦᔒᐝ (zhyaazhiishii) Other forms Fully pointed mixed-finals: ᔒᐦᔒᐝ Fully-pointed Eastern A-finals: ᔒᐦᔒ Common Eastern A-finals: ᔒᔒ Unpointed Eastern A-finals: ᔑᔑ === References === Freelang Electronic Ojibwe Dictionary "zhiishii" in A Dictionary of the Otchipwe Language, Beauchemin & Valois, 1878. Jean André Cuoq, Lexique de la Langue Algonquine. Montréal, J. Chapleau & Fils, 1886 John D. Nichols and Earl Nyholm, A Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1995 Richard A. Rhodes, Eastern Ojibwa-Chippewa-Ottawa Dictionary. Berlin, Mouton de Gruyter, 1985