Cowessess

Gender Masculine
Usage Indigenous American, Ojibwe (Anglicized)

Meaning & History

From an Ojibwe or Cree name recorded as Kiwisance [1], said to mean "little child", possibly related to Ojibwe gwiiwizens meaning "boy" or Cree ᐊᐋᐧᓯᐢ (awâsis) meaning "child". This was the name of a late 19th-century chief of a mixed band of Plains Cree and Saulteaux people.

Categories

child meaning, littleness, rulers, youth

Sources & References

  1. Page at https://www.worldstatesmen.org/Canada_FirstNations.html#Cowessess.
Entry updated April 5, 2022