waldensblog:endasogiizhik: Anishinaabemowin LGBTQ Pride Month Vocabulary!inawemaagan - relative
waldensblog:endasogiizhik: Anishinaabemowin LGBTQ Pride Month Vocabulary!inawemaagan - relative (gender neutral)inawem - be related to someonewiijiiwaagan - partner (gender neutral)niijii(kiwenh) - my male friend (spoken by a man)niijiikwe - my female friend (spoken by a woman)ninjiwaam - my friend (gender neutral)wiidigemaagan - spouse (gender neutral)nindikwem - my woman, my wifeninaabem - my man, my husbandeyekwe - Two-Spirit, a trans womanniizh ojichaagwan - Two-Spiritniizh manidoog - Two-Spiritnaawe-nangweyaabe - Two-Spirit, ‘one who holds the center’ikwekaazo - s/he pretends to be a woman, s/he is like a womanininiikaazo - s/he pretends to be a man, s/he is like a manikwewaadizi - s/he has a woman’s natureininiiwaadizi - s/he has a man’s naturewiijikwewan gaa-misawenimaad ikwe - lesbian, wlwwiijininiiman gaa-misawenimaad inini - gay man, mlmwiijiiw - go with someone, accompany them, “go out with” someonebeshwaji’ - be close with someonezaagi’ - love someonezhawenim - love someone, treasure someonemazhi - have sex with someoneapiitenim - be proud of someone, hold them in high regardishpenim - think highly of someone, respect themzhiingenim - hate someone, disapprove of someoneojiim - kiss someonegiishikijiin / giishkigwen - hug somoeneaabitoojin - embrace someonewiidigem - marry someone, live with someone as a partnerowiijiiwaagani - s/he has a partnermazhiwe - s/he has sexbi-zaaga’am - s/he comes out (slang)zoongide’e - s/he is strong-heartedmashkawizii - s/he has internal strengthishpenimo - s/he is proud of h/ self, s/he has self-respectmiigaadinoke - s/he starts a fightmiigaazo - s/he fightsgotaaji / zegizi - s/he is afraidgaazo - s/he hides h/ selfodikwemi - s/he has a wifeonaabemi - s/he has a husbandjiikakamigiziwin - celebrationbimaawanidim - there is a parade, they march in a paradenagweyaab - rainbowgikiwe’on - flagagwaakwa’igan - a sign posted somewheredibishkoose - it is the anniversaryminikwewigamig / ziiginigewigamig - a barwiidigendiwin - marriage, weddingmikwendaagwad - it is remembered This is amazing!! I am wondering if there is a word in Anishinaabemowin for Bisexual? I didn’t see it here and tried googling before but no success. Not sure how it’d translate. aaniin! I have never seen a translation for bisexual - to be honest, the translations for lesbian and gay male are basically made up in the present day and just mean “a woman who loves other woman” and “a man who loves other men.” By that token, bisexual could be ininiwan miinawaa ikwewan gaa-misawenimaad “someone who loves both men and women” or gakina awiya gaa-misawenimaad “someone who loves all people” (which kinda sounds funny but there’s no word for “gender” in Anishinaabemowin, so it might work given context). Hope that helps! -- source link