Nishnaabe

Definition: [North American] Aboriginal, Indian

Nishnaabe
>na comm.
>pl Nishnaabek; 1 [North American] Aboriginal, Indian. Bezhig dash aw nishnaabe gii-nsidtawaan zhaagnaashan.
>And this one Indian understood white people. AK1976.rs. Mii dash gaa-naaknigewaad giw zhaagnaashag da-maajaawag sa kina giw nishnaabeg maa endnizjig.
>And the whites made a proclamation, all the Indians living there are to leave. AK1976.rs.
>Full-vowel form: anishinaabe.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Noun Animate noun
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n71432978057n
GKS Reference Number: 20315
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