Ojibwe

Preverb

ziigwan= (consonant root)
ziigwani- (lexical)

1. spring, springtime

Derived terms

ziigwan=

• ziigwan (intransitive verb, inanimate subject)

  it is spring, it is springtime

• ziigwanishi (intransitive verb, animate subject)

  spend spring somewhere else

• ziigwanong (particle)

  last spring

• awas-ziigwanong (particle)

  spring before last

• ziigwanindaagwad (intransitive verb, inanimate subject)

  it is considered to be spring

ziigwani-

• Ziigwani-gakaabikaang (place)

  Seguin Falls, Ontario

Transformations

• ziigwan= (unaffected)
• zaagwan= (initial change)
• zaaziigwan= (reduplication)
• zayaaziigwan= (initial change reduplication)

See also

• biboon
• dagwaagin
• niibin