migizi

Ojibwe

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *mekesiwa. Cognate with Cree mikisiw (“bald eagle”), Montagnais mitshishu (“bald eagle”).

Noun

migizi (plural migiziwag)

1. bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Inflection

• migiziwag (plural)
• migiziins (diminutive)
• migiziwan (obviative)

Derived terms

• migizi-giizis (February)

See also

• giniw