Ojibwa
WordNet
noun
(1) The Algonquian language spoken by the Ojibwa
(2) A member of an Algonquian people who lived west of Lake Superior
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From , or its source, , from + + , meaning "Those who roast until it puckers," thought to be because of a local habit of puckering their moccasins.
Proper noun
- A member of a native Algonquin people of central Canada.
- Their language, one of a closely related group of languages and dialects of the Algonquian branch of the Algic language family. There are over 51,000 mother-tongue speakers in Canada and the United States.