Ojibwa

[ oh-jib-wey, -wuh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural O·jib·was, (especially collectively) O·jib·wa.

Ojibwa

/ əʊˈdʒɪbwə /

-was-wa a member of a North American Indian people living in a region west of Lake Superior
the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family

Origin of Ojibwa¹

They had heard that eight hundred more Ojibwa Indians were on their way to increase the forces of Pontiac.

The Pembina River took its name from anepeminan, the Ojibwa term for the shrub we call highbush cranberry.

The latter replied briefly in the same tongue, then darted out of the door, the Ojibwa after him.

One of the men shouted a greeting in Ojibwa, they turned their boat in to shore, jumped out, and engaged him in talk.

The Ojibwa being a skilful hunter whose goodwill was worth retaining, he was supplied with another outfit.

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