-win

See also: Appendix:Variations of "win"

Ojibwe

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Algonquian *-wini. Cognate to Potawatomi -wen, Ottawa -win, Plains Cree -win.

Final

-win (Canadian syllabics spelling ᐀ᐎᓐ, plural -winan)

nominalizing final
1. concept-noun-forming final (-ing, -tion, -ment)
  ‎anishinaabemo (“S/he speaks the Anishinaabe language”) + ‎-win → ‎anishinaabemowin (“the Anishinaabe language”)
  
  ‎ikwewi (“She is a woman”) + ‎-win → ‎ikwewiwin (“womanhood”)
  
  ‎izhinikaazo (“S/he is called (a certain way)”) + ‎-win → ‎izhinikaazowin (“A name”)
2. inanimate-noun-forming final, especially of instrumental nouns
  ‎ataaso (“S/he stores something”) + ‎-win → ‎ataasowin (“A place for storage: a closet, a cupboard, a bin, etc.”)
  
  ‎abwe (“S/he cooks something over a fire”) + ‎-win → ‎abwewin (“A frying pan”)
3. (rare) animate-noun-forming final
  ‎apinikaazo (“S/he is named after someone”) + ‎-win → ‎apinikaazowin (“namesake”)
  
  ‎ataadiwag (“They gamble/bet with each other”) + ‎-win → ‎ataadiwin (“A playing card”) (means "a gambling game"/"a wager" when used inanimately)

Derived terms

See also

References

The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/word-part/win-final

Ottawa

Suffix

-win

nominalizing final

References

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001), Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 505

Plains Cree

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *-wini.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [-ˈwɪn]

Suffix

-win (Syllabics -ᐏᐣ)

Used to make nouns from verbs: -ing

Derived terms

Plains Cree terms suffixed with -win

References

H. C. Wolfart (1973), “Plains Cree: A grammatical study”, in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, volume 63, number 5, Philadelphia, page 23

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