There is a special ending put on nouns to express location. This ending has the basic form, /-ing/, as in the following:

jiimaan	boat	jiimaaning	in, on the boat
(n)injiimaan	my boat	(n)injiimaaning	in, on my boat

This ending is called the locative, and a noun carrying it is said to be locative. The meaning of the locative is vague, and can translate into a number of different English locational prepositions. Context usually specifies the particular sense intended in Anishinaabemowin.

For nouns that end in long vowels, the first vowel of the locative suffix is deleted, as in the following

Anishinaabe	Ojibwe person	Anishinaabeng	in, on the Ojibwe person
ikwe	woman	ikweng	in, on the woman

For nouns that have a basic form that ends in /iw/, such as inini, man, (basic form /ininiw/) or /aw/, such as oodena, town (basic form /oodenaw/), the final w is deleted before the locative, and the locative has a long vowel, as in the following:

Word	Basic Form	Gloss	Locative
inini	/ininiw/	man	ininiing
oodena	/oodenaw/	town	odenaang

Nouns that end in short i or y in their basic forms have a locative suffix with an ii.

Word	Basic Form	Gloss	Locative
aki	/aki/	land, earth	akiing
abwi	/abwi/	paddle	abwiing
asab	/asaby/	net	asabiing
asin	/asiny/	stone	asiniing

Nouns that have basic forms that end in a consonant followed by a w have locatives that sound like /ong/, as in the following words.

Word	Basic Form	Gloss	Locative
wazhashk	/wazhashkw/	muskrat	wazhashkong
mooz	/moozw/	moose	moozong
akik	/akikw/	pail	akikong
aakoziiwigamig	/aakoziiwigamigw/	hospital	aakoziiwigamigong

Certain body part terms, and a few other words, have a special augment, /aa/, before the locative suffix.

Word	Basic Form	Gloss	Locative
nizid	/nizid(aa)/	my foot	nizidaang
(n)indengway	/(n)indengway(aa)/	my face	(n)indengwaang
(n)indiy	/(n)indiy(aa)/	my rump	(n)indiyaang
mashkimod	/mashkimod(aa)/	bag	mashkimodaang