Definition of Ojibwa in
English:
Ojibwa , Ojibwas , Ojibways , Ojibway (ōˈjibˌwā/oʊˈɪbwɑ )
NOUN plural noun Ojibwa, plural noun Ojibwas, plural noun Ojibways
(also Ojibway)
1A member of a North American
people of the region around Lake Superior.
Also called Chippewa
2 The Algonquian language of the Ojibwa.
ADJECTIVE
(also Ojibway)
Relating to the Ojibwa or their language.
Origin
From Ojibwa ojibwe, said to mean ‘puckered’, with reference to their moccasins.
Pronunciation
Ojibwa
/ōˈjibˌwā/ /-wə/ /oʊˈɪbwɑ /
‘The two Ojibwas affectionately nicknamed him ‘Baptiste’ or ‘Bateese’ for reasons never clear to him.’
‘But
long,
long before the Voyageurs came the forests were home to the Sioux and the Ojibwa.’
‘The Agawa
rock paintings are among the best preserved of about 400 groups of pictographs on the Canadian Shield and are attributed to Algonquins such as the Ojibwa.’
‘Such an equivocating philosophy might not pass muster with the Ojibwa.’
‘It was characteristic of Bill to remember my key point in a
paper I gave there on my fieldwork among the Ojibwa.’
‘The French generally enjoyed good relations with nations such as the Ojibwa and the Potawatomi so
long as trade goods were readily available and reasonably priced.’
‘These traits relate them to the southern Ojibwa or Chippewa.’
‘Among the Ojibwa, however, there is some evidence that
children sometimes modeled animals in clay.’
‘The
children also study the lives of the Ojibwa, the native
people who not only thrived in this difficult land but preserved it for future generations.’
‘We found haplogroup X when we were studying the Ojibwa of the Great Lakes.’
Ojibwa , Ojibwas , Ojibways , Ojibway (ōˈjibˌwā/oʊˈɪbwɑ )
