asemaa

Finnish

Noun

asemaa

1. partitive singular of asema

Anagrams

• saamea, sameaa

Ojibwe

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *ahseᐧmaᐧwa (“tobacco”). Cognate with Cree ᑭᐢᑌᒪᐤ (kistemaw, “tobacco”), Ottawa semaa (“tobacco”), Cree ᒋᐢᒉᒫᐢ (ciscemaas, “tobacco”), Northern East Cree ᒋᔥᑖᒫᐤ (cishtaamaaw, “tobacco”), Southern East Cree ᒋᔥᑌᒫᐤ (cishtemaaw, “tobacco”), Naskapi ᒋᔅᑕᒪᐤ (chistamaw, “tobacco”), Miami ahsemaa (“tobacco”), Abenaki wdamô (“tobacco”), Malecite-Passamaquoddy 'tomawey (“tobacco”), Penobscot wətamάweyi (“tobacco”), Montagnais Tshishtemau, Cheyenne tse'némoo'o (“tobacco”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aseˈmaː/

Noun

asemaa anim

1. tobacco

Inflection

• asemaan (obviative)
• asemaans (diminutive)
• asemaang (locative)

References

• Nora Livesay and John D. Nichols, editors (2012-2021), “asemaa”, in Ojibwe People's Dictionary‎, University of Minnesota