odaawaakwe

Udāwā‘kwäg.
Odaawaakwe.
Ottawa-Woman.

from Ojibwa Texts collected by William Jones (1919).
The first entry is the phonetic pronunciation, followed by the Odwaawaa spelling and lastly is the English translation. Odaawaa/Ojibwe/Potawatomi are beautiful languages and I'm including this in my blog to share with anyone. The three languages are closely related, but pronunciation and specific words can be very different depending on where the speaker is from. This group of languages is spoken on reservations from Ontario to Minnesota and north to Manitoba.

Ningudingsa kīnwän kī·a·i·ndā udāwā‘kwä, niji‘käwizi. Kāwīn ininiwạn udayāwāsīn ạnōdc kägō udōji‘tōn, a’picimunạn ka‘kina gägōn ka·i·jitcigäwād i‘kwäwạg, mạckimudạn kayä; mī ·i·’u äniwä‘k kāwin ā‘pidci kạckändạnzi nicikäwizit. Apa‘kwaiyạn gayä udōj·i·ān pạ‘kibōdcigä.
Ningoding sa giiwen' gii-ayindaa odaawaakwe, nizhikewizi. Gaawiin ininiwan odayaawaasiin anooj gegoo odoozhitoon, apishimonan gakina gegoon gaa-izhichigewaad ikwewag, mashkimodan gaye; mii iw eniweg gaawiin aapiji gashkendanzii nizhikewizid. Apakwayan gaye odoozhi'aan bakiboojige.
Now, once on a time, it is said, there was an Ottawa-Woman; she was alone. She did not have a husband, yet various things she made, - mats and all the things that women are wont to make, likewise bags; for that very reason was she not so very sad that she was alone. Reed mats she also made, and she spun twine.

Ningudingdạc ugi‘kändān abinōdcīyạn ayāwāt wīyawing. A‘pī ·i·dạc cayīgwa wānīgi·ā·wạsut, pînäwạn nî‘tạm kīnīgiwạn ga‘kina tạc ạnōdc päbāmisätcig ändạswäwānagiziwāt - pînäwạg ga‘kina gayä pinäsiwạg. Mīwạni’u kānīgi·ā·t ga‘kina ogī·a·ninạgạnigō, mīyä‘ta pînäwạn, kāwin ugīnạgạniguzīn. ‘Aga’u bînä gī‘kito: “Kāwīn nīn wī‘kā ninganạgạnāsī waga’u kigạnān; a‘pạnägu mōnjạg pä’cu ningạtayā tibitci·a·yāgwän kigạnān.”
Ningoding dash ogikendaan abinoojiiyan odayaawaad wiiyawing. Apii dash zhayiigwa waa-niigi'aawasod, binewan nitam gii-niigiwaan gakina dash anooj bebaamisejig endaswewaanagiziwaad - binewag gaye binesiwag. Miiw aniw gii-niigi'aad gakina ogii-ani-naganigoo, miiy eta binewan, gaawiin ogii-naganigoosiin. A'aw bine gii-kido: "Gaawiin niin wiikaa ninga-naganaasii wa'aw giganaan; apane go moozhag besho ningad-ayaa dibi ji-ayaagwen giganaan.
Now, once she felt that there was a babe within herself. And when the time came for her to be delivered, there was born first of all a ruffed grouse, and then all the various creatures of the air, as many as there were, - ruffed grouse and all the birds. Now, by all those to whom she had given birth was she forsaken as fast as they came, save only by the ruffed grouse, by it was she not abandoned, The Ruffed Grouse spoke, saying: "Never will I leave this mpther of ours; for always will I be near by, no matter at what place our mother may continue."

Mīdạc ‘igi’u ā‘pidci wändciwângawizit ‘aga’u pînä.
Mii dash i'iw aapiji wenji-waangawizid a'aw bine.
Such is the reason why so very gentle a ruffed grouse is.

Minawā ninguding ugi‘kändān abinōdcīyạn ayāwāt. A‘pī ·i·dạc minawā wädcidcisänig tcînīgi·ā·wạsut, minawā ugīnigi·ā·n ga‘kina ändaswäwānạgisinit awänsīyạn. Mīgō·i·’u mīnawā kā ·ạ·nījinạgạnigut ka‘kina, mīyä‘ta wâbōsōn, kāwīn uginạgạnigusīn. Kī ·i·‘kitō ‘aga’u wâbōs: “Kāwīn wī‘kā nīn ningạngạnāsī waga’u kigạnān,” kī·i·‘kidō. “Mī·o·mān pạnä tcînạmạdabiyān”.
Miinawaa ningoding ogikendaan abinoojiiyan ayaawaad. Apii dash miinawaa wejijisenig ji-niigi'aawasod, miinawaa ogii-niigi'aan gakina endaswewaanagizinid awesiiyan. Mii go iw miinawaa gaa-ani-izhinaganigod gakina, miiy eta waaboozoon, gaawiin ogi--naganigoosiin. Gii-ikido a'aw waabooz: "Gaawiin wiikaa niin ninga-naganaasii wa'aw giganaan," gii-ikido. "Mii omaa pane ji-namadabiyaan."
Another time she felt that she was with child. And when the time was come again for her to be delivered, again she gave birth to all the game-folk, as many as there were. Now, by them all, too, was she forsaken as fast as they came, save only by the hare, she was not deserted by it. Said the Hare: "Never will I leave this mother of ours," he said. "Here in this place will I always sit."

Ạsîn idạc wâbōzunk ijināguzitug; mī·i·’u äjini’kādägwän ī·i·mān wâbōs nạmạdabit. Mōnjạg īgi’u anicinābäeg ugītîbādotānāwa ‘igi’u wâbōs nạmạdabit ijini‘kātäg. Mī·i·dạc ‘aga’u wâbōs mōnjạg wändcipimādisiwād anicinābäeg; usāgi·ā·n īni’u ugīn, ‘aga’u wâbōs.
Asin idash waaboozoong izhinaagozidog; mii iw ezhinikaadegwen i'imaa waabooz namadabid. Moozhag igiw anishinaabeg ogii-dibaadodaanaawaa i'iw waabooz namadabid izhinikaadeg. Mii idash a'aw waabooz moozhag wenji-bimaadiziwaad anishinaabeg; ozaagi'aan iniw ogiin, a'aw waabooz.
There was a rock, probably in the likeness of a hare; accordingly it may have been called by the name of A-Hare-that-is-seated-here. Always have tje people referred to what was called The-hare-that-is-seated. Therefore such is why the hare is always around where dwell the people; he loved his mother, the hare (did).

Mīdạc mīnawā kī·a·i·ndāt ‘aga’u udāwā‘kwä. Ninguding mīnawā ugi‘kändān ayāwāt abinōndcīyan. A‘pī mīnawā nāgi·ā·wạsut kīngōnyag ugīnīgi·ā·g, ga‘kinagu ändaswäwānạgisiwād kīngōnyag.
Mii dash miinawaa gii-ayindad a'aw odaawaakwe. Ningoding miinawaa ogikendaan ayaawaad abinoojiiyan. Apii miinawaa naagi'aawasod giigoonya' ogii-niigi'aa', gakina go endaswewaanagiziwaad giigoonyag.
And so there continued Ottawa-Woman. Another time she felt that she was with child. When the time was come for her to be delivered, to fishes gave she birth, to all kinds of fishes, as many as there were.

Mīgu menawā gakina gī·a·ninạgạnigut unīdcānisag mīyä‘ta ạdi‘kamägwạn kāwīn ugīnạgạnigusīn. Mī·i·’u kā·i·‘kitot ‘aga’u adi‘kamäg: “Kāwīn nīn wī‘kā ninganạgạnāsī ‘aga’u kîgạnān. Ka‘kina miziwä a‘kīng tîbisāga·i·gạn tcî·a·yāgwän, pō‘tcîmān ningạtayā,” kī·i·’kidō.
Mii go miinawaa gakina gii-ani'naganigod oniijaanisa', miiy eta adikamegwan, gaawiin ogii-naganigoosiin. Mii iw gaa-ikidod a'aw adikameg: "Gaawiin niin wiikaa ninga-naganaasii a'aw giganaan. Gakina miziwe akiing dibi zaaga'igan ji-ayaagwen, boozh imaa ningad-ayaa," gii-ikido.
So again by all her children was she forsaken as fast as they came, save only by the whitefish, she was not left by it. For this was what Whitefish said: "Never will I leave this mother of ours. In every place upon earth wherever a lake may be, even there will I be," he said.

Mīdạc iu kaega‘t äjiwäbạ‘k, miziwa ayāwāt kīngōnyạg ka‘kinagu sāga·i·gạnīng kīngōni‘kāwạn. Mīdạc minawā ạnōdc kägō inạnu‘kīgubạnän. ‘Aga’u odāwā‘kwä änāwindubạnän ku‘kumisinān.
Mii dash geget ezhiwebak, miziwe ayaawaad giigoonyag gakina go zaaga'iganing giigoonyikaawan. Mii dash miinawaa anooj gegoo inanokiigobanen. A'aw odaawaakwe enaawindobanen gokoomisinaan.
And that, sure enough, has come to pass, everywhere are there fishes, and in all the lakes are there fishes. Thereupon she took up her work again, making all sorts of things. Ottawa-Woman was the name that our grandmother was called.

Ānīc mī ä‘kosit.
Aaniish mii ekoozid.
Well, that is as far as (the story) goes.