n.
Variant: or Ojib · way or Ojib · we
Pronunciation: ō - ' jib-( ˌ )w ā
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural Ojibwa or Ojibwas or Ojibway or Ojibways or Ojibwe or Ojibwes
Etymology: Ojibwa o č ipwe · , an Ojibwa band
Date: 1700
1 : a member of an American Indian people of the region around Lake Superior and westward
2 : an Algonquian language of the Ojibwa people