Learn the Word of the Week

 

As part of the 5 Year Plan for the Revitalization of the Ojibwe Language on the Grand Portage Reservation, we will be featuring a new Ojibwe word every week. We encourage you to use this word in your workday and hopefully outside of work as well. Check back periodically for new words.

These recordings are provided by Erik Martin Redix (Miskwaa anang), Ojibwe Language Coordinator, Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.

 

This week's word: gitige (she or he is planting or gardening)

 

  • Gitige


    How to say "she or he is planting or gardening" in Ojibwemowin.

    Credit / Author:
    Erik Martin Redix (Miskwaa anang), Ojibwe Language Coordinator, Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.
    Date created:
    05/13/2024
    Audio Transcript
 

Week of 3/4/2024: Maajitaadaa! (Let’s get started!)

 

  • Maajitaadaa!


    How to say " Let’s get started!" in Ojibwemowin

    Credit / Author:
    Erik Martin Redix (Miskwaa anang), Ojibwe Language Coordinator, Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.
    Date created:
    03/05/2024
    Audio Transcript
 

Week of 3/11/2024: waaban (it is dawn)

 

  • Waaban


    How to say "it is dawn" in Ojibwemowin. Adding g to the end of this word (waabang) modifies it to mean “when it dawn,” which is how we say tomorrow. Waabang – Tomorrow

    Credit / Author:
    Erik Martin Redix (Miskwaa anang), Ojibwe Language Coordinator, Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.
    Date created:
    03/11/2024
    Audio Transcript
 

Week of 3/18/2024: gisinaa (it is cold weather)

 

  • Gisinaa


    How to say "it is cold weather" in Ojibwemowin.

    Credit / Author:
    Erik Martin Redix (Miskwaa anang), Ojibwe Language Coordinator, Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.
    Date created:
    03/18/2024
    Audio Transcript
 

Week of 3/25/2024: biiwan (it is a blizzard)

 

  • Biiwan


    How to say "it is a blizzard" in Ojibemowin.

    Credit / Author:
    Erik Martin Redix (Miskwaa anang), Ojibwe Language Coordinator, Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.
    Date created:
    03/25/2024
 

Week of 4/1/2024: wawiyazh-giizhigad (it is trick day – April Fool’s Day)

 

  • Wawiyazh-giizhigad


    How to say "It is trick day (April Fool’s Day)" in Ojibwemowin.

    Credit / Author:
    Erik Martin Redix (Miskwaa anang), Ojibwe Language Coordinator, Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
    Date created:
    04/01/2024
    Audio Transcript
 

Week of 4/8/2024: awan (it is foggy)

 

  • Awan


    How to say "it is foggy" in Ojibwemowin.

    Credit / Author:
    Erik Martin Redix (Miskwaa anang), Ojibwe Language Coordinator, Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.
    Date created:
    04/09/2024
 

Week of 4/15/2024: ziigwan (it is spring)

 

  • Ziigwan


    How to say "it is spring" in Ojibwemowin.

    Credit / Author:
    Erik Martin Redix (Miskwaa anang), Ojibwe Language Coordinator, Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.
    Date created:
    04/15/2024
    Audio Transcript
 

Week of 4/22/2024: aamiwag (they are spawning)

 

  • Aamiwag


    How to say "they are spawning" in Ojibwemowin.

    Credit / Author:
    Erik Martin Redix (Miskwaa anang), Ojibwe Language Coordinator, Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.
    Date created:
    04/22/2024
    Audio Transcript
 

Week of 4/29/2024: noodin (it is a windy)

 

  • Noodin


    How to say " It is windy" in Ojibwemowin

    Credit / Author:
    Erik Martin Redix (Miskwaa anang), Ojibwe Language Coordinator, Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.
    Date created:
    05/13/2024
 

Week of 5/6/2024: zaagigin (it is sprouting from the ground)

 

  • Zaagigin


    How to say "It is sprouting from the ground" in Ojibwemowin.

    Credit / Author:
    Erik Martin Redix (Miskwaa anang), Ojibwe Language Coordinator, Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.
    Date created:
    05/13/2024
    Audio Transcript
 
 
 

Last updated: May 16, 2024

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