Research guides: Anishinaabemodaa: Ojibwe language resources: Ikitowinan Dictionaries

Online Dictionaries

The Ojibwe People's Dictionary
From the University of Minnesota. Click through to the full dictionary entry to hear audio recordings, see images, read documents and watch videos.
Freelang Ojibwe-English Dictionary
Download our or browse online.
Potawatomi Dictionary
Concise English-Potawatomi, Potawatomi-English dictionary.
Oji-Cree Translation Dictionary
From K-Net. Under development. Prototype available.
A Dictionary of the Otchipwe Language
By Fr. Frederic Baraga, 1853

Dictionaries

If the book is available in the University of Toronto Library or Toronto Public Library, it will be listed after the title. Click on the library name to find out where it is. If no library is listed, then neither library has it. You could buy it, or get it through inter-library loan.

Pocket Ojibwe by Patricia M. Ningewance
Winnipeg : Mazinaate, Inc. 2009.
A concise dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe by John D. Nichols and Earl Nyholm ; illustrations by Earl Nyholm
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1995.
Anishinaubae thesaurus by Basil H. Johnston
East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2007.
Ojibwe language dictionary by Snache, Irene
From Rama First Nation.
The Saulteaux language dictionary
Edmonton : Éditions Duval, 1995. Co-published by: Kinistin First Nation.
Eastern Ojibwa-Chippewa-Ottawa dictionary by by Richard A. Rhodes
Potawatomi phrase book by Donald A. Perrot
Tecumseh, OK : Neshnabé Institute for Cultural Studies, 2008.
Ojibwewi-ikidowinan : an Ojibwe word resource book by editors: John Nichols, Earl Nyholm ; word contributors: Maude Kegg, Earl Nyholm, Selam Ross ; editorial assistant: Tim Cochran
St. Paul, Minn. : Minnesota Archaeological Society, c1979.
An Ojibwa lexicon by editors: G.L. Piggott and A. Grafstein
Ottawa : National Museums of Canada, 1983.
Ojibway language lexicon for beginners by by Basil Johnston
Ottawa : Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, 1978.
Aaniin Ekidong Ojibwe Vocabulary Project by Editors, Anton Treuer and Keller Paap
A group of nine fluent elders representing several different dialects of Ojibwe gathered with teachers from Ojibwe immersion schools and university language programs to brainstorm and document less-well-known but critical modern Ojibwe terminology. Topics discussed include science, medicine, social studies, geography, mathematics, and punctuation. This book is the result of their labors.
Can be downloaded or purchased via this Web Site.
A Dictionary of Wisconsin Ojibwe for the Beginner
[Odanah, Wis.]: Bad River Band Education Department, 2001.
A two-way English and Ojibwe dictionary focusing on the language of Northern Wisconsin.
Manitoba aboriginal legal glossary : in Dakota, Dene, Cree, Island Lake Dialect, and Ojibwe
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada : Manitoba Association for Native Language, c1993.
At the Toronto Public Library. Reference only
Ojibwewi-Ikidowinan : an Ojibwe word resource book Expanded and rev. ed. by Nichols, John ; Nyholm, Earl.
Saint Paul, Minn. : Minnesota Archaeological Society, c1979.
At the Toronto Public Library. Reference only
Ojibwe-Ikidowinan : weweni bizindaw gayā-gīgīdojig. = Ojibwe words : a brief Ojibwe-English word list
Bemidji, Minn. : Bemidji State College, 1973.
At the Toronto Public Library. Reference only
A dictionary of the Otchipwe language explained in English [electronic resource] : this language is spoken by the Chippewa Indians, as also by the Otawas, Potawatamis and Algonquins, with little difference : for the use of missionaries, and other persons by Baraga, Frederic, 1797-1868
Cincinnati, OH: 1853.
Accessible to University of Toronto faculty, staff and students. Click on the title, and then on "Connect to resource," and enter your UTORID and password.
Ojibwe medical interpreter's handbook = Anishinabe aanikanootamaage mazina'igan.
[Winnipeg, Man.] : Manitoba Association for Native Languages, c1995.
At the Toronto Public Library. Reference only
ShkiKidwinan
As many as 150 new words created by a team of Elders to address such words as computer, laminator, photocopier, etc.
An Ojibwa lexicon by Grafstein, A. and Piggott, G. L.
Ottawa : National Museums of Canada, 1983.
At the Toronto Public Library. Reference only
Glossary of legal terms translated into Northwestern Ojibwe: with translation back into English by Donald Auger and Tom Beardy
Thunder, Bay, ON: Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation, [199-?]

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