Gii-gimoodid ishkode Nenabosho / Nenabosho Steals Fire
Footnotes

Endnotes: Suggestions for word or phrase replacements to coincide with Manitoulin Ojibwe Dialect.
i Suggested replacement gomaapiich.
ii Suggested Manitoulin sample “gaawii na gnimaa odayaaziinaawaadig”
iii Suggested naadin for naazikaan.
iv Suggested replace dasing with ensa-.
v Suggested Manitoulin sample “niizhiwan idash iw odaansan…”
vi Nahaaw instead of awawa.
vii Suggested gbadin for gashkadin.
viii Suggested synonym maajiitkamkwa’ang.
ix Naadoobiinid for naasibiinid
x Goniginiin was unrecognized and no replacement suggested.
xi Gaa-zhi-gaaskwaawaabmigod ‘accidentally seen’ in Manitoulin dialect.
xii As the text is ‘gaa-izhi-siikoobiiginigod’ is understood as ‘he was wrung out’, suggested alternative ‘gaa-zhi-bengwa’god’.
xiii Suggested alternatives ‘gii-biindooma’ and ‘gaa-zhi-biindoomad wi wiiyaw’
xiv Waawininaagzi – he appears cute.
xv Waawinenim suggested as Manitoulin equivalent.
xvi Manitoulin alternative: “ga-nchii’gonaa”.
xvii Manitoulin alternative for nandobagwid is ndabinigod and suggested alternative for bengwaawesagod is wii-baasigod.
xviii Gdoombiizim in Manitoulin dialect means ‘shut up’ and the suggested alternative is gdoo-nwaatoom – ‘you are noisy’.
xix Suggested words to correspond to the English translation by adding ‘awi-asig neyaab gaa-ndineg’ to mean ‘put him back where you found him’.
xx Suggested alternative to above “gegeti gosha ndi-waawnenmaa…”
xxi Suggested to replace epiichinaagoziyaan with e-piitziiyaan.
xxii Either ogii-abizwaan or gii-awaz’o is understandable.
xxiii The un-reduplicated form was preferred, so ‘kwekshimaad’ is preferred to kwekwekshimaad.
xxiv Suggested replacement for ninga-pakines with nga-bskane and the next line ezhi-pakinezod with ezhi-bskaned.
xxv Suggested replacement line “gaa-zhi-noodizod gaa-izhi-zaagjigwaashkwanid”.
xxvi Suggested replacement ‘zaagjibtoowaadaan’.
xxvii Suggested wording for Manitoulin: “g-makmigonaa”.
xxviii Suggested replacement: aanoo-noodnang.
xxix Suggested replacement: gbadninig.
xxx Suggested line replacement: “Mii dash gegpii gaa-zhi-gwiinaabmaawaad”.
xxxi Aanwewziwag gegoo aanwii-zhichigewag.
1 Appears as kā’pīzitäpipinigut but I’ve modified as above [a.c. January 2006]
2 Kāijipīndōmowint iw wīyau, “in the bosom of her garment she put the creature;” literally, “in the bosom of her garment was put its body.” [Jones p. 10]
3 Ānīn kägīijināgwak, “how is it possible for…” more literally, “how would it look or seem for…” [Jones p. 11]
4 Mīya’a päjik manitō, “it is one of the manitous,” more literally, “it is a certain Manitou.” [Jones p. 12]
5 That is, as if he had been scorched by fire. [Jones p. 14]