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Eastern Ojibwa-Chippewa-Ottawa Dictionary

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Language Name

Ojibwe.

Alternate Language Names

Anishinaabemowin, ᐊᓂᐦᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ, Ojibwa, Ojibway, Otchipwe, Ojibwemowin.

Region

Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Canada; Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, United States.

Who

Richard A. Rhodes, Werner Winter (editor).

Others Involved

Hap McCue, Reta Sands (language consultants); Angus Negonegeshik, Rose Peltier, Annie Andrews, Francis Fox, Norma Fox, Lena White, Simon Blackbird, Ora Blackbird, Lavina Day, Dejwaanh, Lizzie Isaacs, Joe Isaacs, Gerald Osahgee, Eva Shipman, Ford Soney, Nora Soney, Alberta Sword, Mildred Thomas, Silas Thomas, Evelyn White, Gladys Williams, Dan Zhognosh, Margaret Waynee, Basil Johnson, Ralph Akiwezie, Rose Nadjiwon, Kaspar Solomon, Aileen Irons, Dorothy Jacobs, Nelson Jacobs, Ronnie Jacobs, Pakwis Johnson, Murlin Knott, George McCue, John McCue, Gladys McCue Taylor, Zelda Taylor, Elva Whetung, Doris Fisher, Mabel McCue (speakers); the Department of Linguistics, and the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (language course support); Dave Beard (database consultant); Betsy Carpenter, Mary Jo Flaherty, Carol Wolken, Fred Lupke (data entry); Kari Gluski (editorial assistance); National Endowment for the Humanities (funding).

Publishing Information

This dictionary was published 1985 by Mouton de Gruyter and was reprinted in 2011.

How People are Cited

Speakers and contributors are cited by name and location in the Acknowledgments. Speakers are not cited in entries.

How Information is Cited

Speakers and previous works are cited in the Acknowledgements.

Where is Information Coming from

Entries in this dictionary come from speakers and previous works by linguist Leonard Bloomfield, a word list in the Second Report of the Odawa Language Project, and an unpublished report cited as White, 1977.

Tools and Framework used

This dictionary is available as both a physical and digital book, although the digital book is not complete.

Access

This dictionary is available through libraries as a physical book, and open access online as an incomplete PDF.

Included Languages and Directionality

Ojibwe to English; English to Ojibwe.

Dialects Included

This dictionary includes forms from both Ottawa (Chippewa) and Eastern Ojibwe.

Type of Dictionary

This is a bilingual, bidirectional dictionary.

How are Entries Organised

Entries in both sections of this dictionary are organised alphabetically. Each entry in the Ojibwa to English section contains the Ojibwe headword, the word class (a two or three letter code for the type of word), the English gloss, the dialect, and inflected forms. Entries in the English to Ojibwa section contain the English headword, the word class or part of speech, the Ojibwe gloss, and any inflected forms. Dialects are listed with each Ojibwe gloss.

Other Features

Feature Included More Information
Guide to use and understand Included in the Key to Entries
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Images
Example phrases
Speakers marked
Dialects marked Marked with abbreviations in entries

External Links

Reference on WorldCat: https://search.worldcat.org/title/979883337

An open access preview of the first section of the dictionary is available online (note that it is unclear where this resource is hosted and by who):https://api.pageplace.de/preview/DT0400.9783110864342_A20011925/preview-9783110864342_A20011925.pdf