The Ojibwe—a historically significant North American Indigenous tribe from Lake Superior—has a name with an uncertain etymology. Various theories exist, but the true meaning remains unknown.
However, not to us. The word "Ojibwe" is a flawless Megrelian abstract construction based on the prefix "o-" (analogous to the Georgian "sa-"). The structure "o-jibv-e" translates to "the place where jibva is."
The word "jibva" (ჯიბვა) appears in Otari Kajaia’s dictionary with the meaning "jibe", which translates to "pocket." Thus, "Ojibwe" can be interpreted as "the land of pockets."
What kind of pockets? None other than the bandolier bags—traditional cartridge pouches (which, before the advent of firearms, were simply hunting bags). These bandolier bags originated precisely from the Indigenous peoples of the Upper Great Lakes—a region that includes Lake Superior, Michigan, and Huron, the homeland of the Ojibwe.
Naturally, Indigenous peoples would have had only such pockets. And, of course, these bags can rightfully be called pockets, as that is essentially what they are.
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