Ojibwe

Preverb

gichi- ‎(syllabics ᑭᐦᒋ)

1. big
2. great
3. long
4. very

Synonyms

• mangi-

Derived terms

gichi=

• gichigami (animate noun)

  sea

  Lake Superior

  one of Great Lakes

  1. gichigamiin (plural)
  2. gichigamiing (locative)
• gichigamiiwashk (inanimate noun)

  reed

  rush

  1. gichigamiiwashkoon (plural)
• gichipizo (intransitive verb, animate subject)
  1. wear as a belt

gichi-

• gichi-aniibiish (plural: gichi-aniibiishan)

  cabbage

• gichi-gizhizo

  he has pneumonia

• gichi-miikana (plural: gichi-miikanan)

  highway, big road

• gichi-mookomaan (plural: gichi-mookomaanan)

  butcher knife, large knife

  saber, long knife

• gichi-mookomaan (plural: gichi-mookomaanag)

  white man

  American

• gichi-noodin

  it is very windy

• gichi-oodena (plural: gichi-oodenawan)

  city

• gichi-ziibi (plural: gichi-ziibiwan)

  big river

  Mississippi River

  St. Croix River

Transformations

• gichi= (unaffected)
• gchi= (syncope)
• chi= (reduction)
• ch= (reduction syncope)
• gechi= (initial change)
• gagichi= (reduplication)
• ggich= (reduplication syncope)
• gegichi= (initial change reduplication)
• gegich= (initial change reduplication syncope)