FromProto-Algonquian*či·ma·ni.

IPA^(key):/dʒɪːmaːn/

jiimaan

1. boat,canoe

   Onzaamagaasaa 'iwjiimaanens.

   Thelittle boat is too small.

• biiwaabiko-jiimaan: an aluminum canoe
• ishkode-jiimaan: a steamboat, a ship
• jiimaaniigino-jiimaan: a canvas canoe
• mitigo-jiimaan: a wooden boat or canoe
• nabagisago-jiimaan: a wooden boat or canoe
• naabikwaan: a ship
• ningaasimoo-jiimaan: a sailboat
• waasamoo-jiimaan: a motor launch
• wiigwaasi-jiimaan: a birch bark canoe

FromProto-Algonquian*či·ma·ni.

jiimaan inan (pluraljiimaanan)

1. boat

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001)Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page174