-win

See also: Appendix:Variations of "win"

Ojibwe

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Algonquian *-wini. Cognate to Potawatomi -wen, Ottawa -win, Plains Cree -win.

Final

-win (Canadian syllabics spelling ᐀ᐎᓐ, plural -winan)

1. nominalizing final
   1. concept-noun-forming final (-ing, -tion, -ment)

      ‎anishinaabemo (“S/he speaks the Anishinaabe language”) + ‎-win → ‎anishinaabemowin (“the Anishinaabe language”)

      ‎ikwewi (“She is a woman”) + ‎-win → ‎ikwewiwin (“womanhood”)

      ‎izhinikaazo (“S/he is called (a certain way)”) + ‎-win → ‎izhinikaazowin (“A name”)

   2. inanimate-instrumental-noun-forming final

      ‎ataaso (“S/he stores something”) + ‎-win → ‎ataasowin (“A place for storage: a closet, a cupboard, a bin, etc.”)

      ‎abwe (“S/he cooks something over a fire”) + ‎-win → ‎abwewin (“A frying pan”)

   3. (rare) animate-noun-forming final

      ‎apinikaazo (“S/he is named after someone”) + ‎-win → ‎apinikaazowin (“namesake”)

      ‎attaadiwag (“They gamble/bet with each other”) + ‎-win → ‎ataadiwin (“A playing card”) (can also be inanimate)

Derived terms

Ojibwe terms suffixed with -win

agongosimowin

akandoowin

dibaakonigewin

gabeshiwin

gichi-mookomaanimowin

giigidowin

inwewin

manoominikewin

mashkawiziiwin

minikwewin

odaawaamowin

ojibwemowin

zaagi'idiwin

zhaaganaashiimowin

See also

• -aagan
• -gan
• -n

References

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/word-part/win-final

Ottawa

Suffix

-win

1. nominalizing final

References

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001), Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 505

Plains Cree

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *-wini.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-ˈwɪn]

Suffix

-win (Syllabics -ᐏᐣ)

1. Used to make nouns from verbs: -ing

Derived terms

Plains Cree terms suffixed with -win

mîciwin

nêhiyawêwin

têhtapiwin

References

• H. C. Wolfart (1973), “Plains Cree: A grammatical study”, in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, volume 63, number 5, Philadelphia, page 23