zhooniyaa

Ojibwe

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *šoᐧliyaᐧw- (“money”). Cognate with Fox shôniyâhi (“money”).

Noun

zhooniyaa

  1. money
    • 2006-2011, Heid E. Erdrich, Ezhi-bimoseyaang [The Way We Walk]:
      Nda'dibaadaaminan nokiiwinan miinwaa zhooniyaa miinwaa dibaajimaangidwa, niijaanisinaanig.
      We talk of work and money and we talk of our children.
  2. silver

Inflection
  • zhooniyaawigamigoon (plural)
  • zhooniyaawigamigong (locative)
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