The common name originally may have been spelled `` chitmunk '' -LRB- from the Odawa word jidmoonh , meaning `` red squirrel '' ; -LRB- c.f. Ojibwe , ajidamoo -RRB- .

The name may have originally been spelled `` chitmunk '' -LRB- perhaps from a MISC@1 word meaning `` red squirrel '' -RRB- .
