mazinaakizigan
Ojibwe
Etymology
From mazinaakiz- (“photograph it”) + -gan (“noun-forming suffix”) or equivalently from the VTA verb mazinaakiz (“Photograph h/”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mʌzɪnɑːkʰɪzɪɡʌn/
Noun
mazinaakizigan inan (plural mazinaakiziganan, locative mazinaakiziganing, diminutive mazinaakizigaans)
- a camera
- a picture, a photograph
References
- The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/mazinaakizigan-ni