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)

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