mooz

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Ojibwe[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Algonquian *mo·swa (“it strips”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /moːz/

  • Note: moonz is an alternative spelling. The vowel oo is nasalized between a nasal consonant (m or n) and a sibilant consonant (z, s, zh, sh).

Noun[edit]

mooz anim (plural moozoog, diminutive moozoons, stem moozw-)

  1. moose
    Mooz omawinadaan waasakonenjiganens.
    A moose is charging the light.

References[edit]

Ottawa[edit]

Noun[edit]

mooz anim (plural moozoog)

  1. moose

References[edit]

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 174

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