Ojibwe Buildings

The root word "wigamig" means building or structure. If you add oon at the end it makes it plural. Click below what the word "wigamig' means.

• hello

• building or structure

• school

• hospital

Aakozi-wigamig means sickness house. Most people translate this meaning to hospital. Type below the

meaning of the two words and what they mean in English.

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Wiisini means to eat. Wiisini wigamig means eating house. In modern terms we call this a restaurant. What does wiisini wigamig mean in modern terms?

• school

• store

• restaurant

• museum

adaawe means to buy. Adaawe wigamig therefore means buying house, Which would below is an adaawe wigamig?

• Target

• Abbott Northwestern hospital

• fire station

• school

Agindaaso means to read. Agindaaso-wigamig therefore means reading house or reading building. Your local library is a reading house. The Sanford media center would be known also as a what?

• library or reading house

• store

• fire station

• hospital

The Lake Street library is known in Ojibwa as a?

• adaawe-wigamig

• wigamig

• aakozi-wigamig

• agindaaso-wigamig

zhooniyaa means money therefore zhooniya-wigamig probably translates to?

• store

• school

• money house or bank

• sickness building or hospital

Mashkiki means strength of the earth. This is where we get Indian medicine. Therefore mashkiki wigamig probably means:

• pharmacy

• hospital

• clinic

Minikwe means to drink. Minikwe-wigamig means drinking house. What does minikwe mean?

• walk

• sleep

• drink (verb)

• eat

gikino'amaadii-wigamig means learning house. Therefore, Sanford is a what?

• aakozi-wigamig

• adaawe-wigamig

• minikwe-wigamig

• gikino'amaadii-wigamig