Talk:gichi-

RFV discussion: August 2020–February 2024
Ojibwe. Gichi- is one of the ways to say right (not left). It is not clear whether it should be considered a preverb (see here) or an initial (initials are written without a hyphen), as in gichinik, or whether it can be analyzed as a separate lemma at all. SteveGat (talk) 14:59, 4 August 2020 (UTC)


 * I can't find evidence of "gichi-" being used as a preverb in Ojibwe for directional right. Proto-Algonquian *keʔčineϴki is reconstructed for "right arm/hand", cf. Cree kihcinisk, and that is composed of (the same as gichi-) + . However, that doesn't necessarily mean that gichi- on its own is productive in meaning "right" in Ojibwe, either as a preverb or initial, outside of the inherited word gichinik. I'd want to see more evidence for that, that I just can't find. But I'll ping User:-sche in case they want to have a look. 70.172.194.25 10:03, 12 January 2023 (UTC)


 * RFV failed. —Granger (talk · contribs) 06:05, 21 February 2024 (UTC)