giga-mino-bimaadiz
To say "bless you" in Ojibwe, use giga-mino-bimaadiz.
This phrase is used as a response to someone who has just sneezed.
Meaning: said to somebody who has sneezed (intj)
Did you know?
- In some Anishinaabe traditions, sneezing was historically viewed as a sign that a spirit was trying to communicate or that a person's soul was momentarily vulnerable.
- Ojibwe is a polysynthetic language, meaning a single word like giga-mino-bimaadiz functions as an entire sentence by combining several distinct building blocks.
- The phrase giga-mino-bimaadiz literally translates to 'may you live well'.
