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Anishinaabe

Anishinaabe / Ojibwe person

NounNeeds Review

Needs review

The isolated vocabulary-list gloss 'Lenni Lenape' (Delaware -- a distinct nation) appears only within one duplicated Dec 2/3/5/9 handout, while 14+ independent class days across Sept-Dec consistently use 'Anishinaabe' to mean the Ojibwe people themselves (e.g. 'Anishinaabe indaaw' = 'I am Nish', 'Anishinaabe-inini' = 'Native man', 'Anishinaabe na gidaaw?' = 'Are you Anishinaabe/one of the people?'). Other class notes separately discuss the wider Algonquian language family (Ottawa, Potawatomi, Cree, Blackfeet, etc.), suggesting 'Lenni Lenape' was part of a comparative aside about other Algonquian nations rather than a direct gloss of this word. Kept as needs_review regardless of this resolution.

Part of speech
Noun
Animacy
Not documented in source
Plural form
Needs Review

Examples

Anishinaabe indaaw.

I am Nish.

From the coursefull entry →

a'aw?

Is that a Native man?

From the coursefull entry →

Anishinaabe gidaaw?

Are you Anishinaabe/one of the people?

From the coursefull entry →

Anishinaabe aawisii.

He's not Nish.

From the coursefull entry →

Course

Taught in Language Family & Yes/No Questions

Reviewed again in 2 later lessons.

Notes

gloss recorded exactly as written; unusual translation (Lenni Lenape/Delaware is normally a distinct nation from Anishinaabe/Ojibwe) — worth double-checking against course material, may reflect an in-class comparison/aside rather than a direct equivalence | gloss recorded exactly as written; unusual translation (Lenni Lenape/Delaware is normally a distinct nation from Anishinaabe/Ojibwe) — worth double-checking against course material

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