Potawatomi

English

Alternative forms

• Pottawatomie, Pottawatomi, Pottawattamie

Etymology

Borrowed from Potawatomi Bodéwadmi (“those who tend the fire”), from bodewadm (“hearth”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Potawatomi (plural Potawatomis or Potawatomi)

1. A member of a Native American people of the upper Mississippi River region.

Translations

member of the Potawatomi people

• Catalan: potawatomi
• Fox: Pehkînenîha, Shîshîpêhinenîha
• French: potéouatami m, potéouatamis pl
• Italian: potawatomi
• Korean: 포타와토미 (potawatomi)
• Menominee: pōtawa͞etemīw
• Ojibwe: Boodawaadamii, Boodawaadamiig pl, Anishinaabe, Anishinaabeg pl
• Ottawa: Boodewaadmii, Boodewaadmiig pl, Nishnaabe, Nishnaabeg
• Polish: Potawatomi m, Potawatomi f
• Potawatomi: Bodéwadmi, Bodéwadmik pl, Neshnabé, Neshnabék pl
• Spanish: potawatomi

Proper noun

Potawatomi

1. The Algonquian language spoken by the Potawatomi people.

Derived terms

• Pottawatomie County
• Pottawattamie Park

Translations

Native American people

• French: Potéouatamis
• Korean: 포타와토미 (potawatomi)
• Ojibwe: Boodawaadamiig pl
• Ottawa: Boodewaadmiig pl
• Potawatomi: Bodéwadmik pl, Neshnabék pl
• Unami: Puteòtàm

Algonquian language spoken by the Potawatomi

• Japanese: ポタワトミ語 (ja) (ポタワトミご, Potawatomigo)
• Korean: 포타와토미어 (potawatomieo)
• Ojibwe: Anishinaabemowin, Boodawaadamiimowin
• Ottawa: Nishnaabemwin, Boodewaadmiimwin
• Potawatomi: Bodéwadmimwen, Neshnabémwen

See also

• Ethnologue entry for Potawatomi, pot ⁠