aanimaa

Ojibwe

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French allemand, from Late Latin Alamannus or Alemannus, from Proto-Germanic *alamann-, from *allaz + *mann- (whence English all and man, respectively).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑːnɪmɑː/

Noun

aanimaa anim (Canadian syllabics spelling ᐋᓂᒫ, plural aanimaayag)

  1. a German
    Synonyms: dechiman, meyagwed

Derived terms

  • aanimaamo (“s/he speaks German”)
  • aanimaakwe (“a German woman”)

References

  • Frederic Baraga (1853) "A Dictionary of the Ojibway Language", revised by Albert Lacombe in 1878 and 1880.
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