mooz

Ojibwe

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mõːz/
  • 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

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

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

References

Ottawa

Noun

mooz anim (plural moozoog)

  1. moose

References

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

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