moose

English

moose

Pronunciation

• enPR: moo͞s, , Template:SAMPA

Etymology

From North-Eastern Template:Algon. language, perhaps Eastern Abenaki or Narragansett, mos (or something similar; Proto-Algonquian *mōswa), possibly meaning "he strips off [bark]."[1][2][3]

Noun

moose (plural moose) or dated and rare, mooses

1. Template:US The largest member of the deer family (Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers. (British: elk).

   We saw two moose at the edge of the woods by the marsh.

Synonyms

• elk (British)

Derived terms

• moosey
• mooseyness

Translations

largest member of the deer family (Alces alces)

• Arabic: Template:Arab Template:unicode
• Armenian: որմզդեղն (vormzdeġn)
• Catalan: ant
• Chinese: 大鹿 (dàlù)
• Cree: ᒨᔅ, muus
• Czech: los
• Dutch: eland
• Estonian: põder
• Finnish: hirvi
• French: élan , orignal Template:italbrac
• German: Elch
• Greek: άλκη (álki) Template:f
• Hebrew: צבי אמריקני (tsvi amrikani)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Interlingua: alce
• Italian: alce
• Japanese: ヘラジカ (herajika)
• Latin: alces Template:f
• Northern Sami: ealga
• Norwegian: elg
• Ojibwe: mooz, moonz
• Polish: łoś
• Portuguese: alce
• Russian: лось (los’)
• Slovene: los
• Spanish: alce
• Swedish: älg

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Ojibwe

Noun

moose (plural: mooseg)

1. worm
2. caterpillar

Inflection

• mooseg (plural)
• moosen (obviative)
• mooseng (locative)
• moosens (diminutive)
  • moosenseg (plural)
  • moosensen (obviative)
  • moosenseng (locative)

Prenoun

moose- (lexical)

moose= (vowel root)

1. worm

Derived terms

moose-

• moosesagad (intransitive verb, inanimate subject) — be a worm-eaten board/lumber/wooden object
• moosesagizi (intransitive verb, animate subject) — be a worm-eaten timber/tree
• moosewiingwe (intransitive verb, animate subject) — have acne on one's face - have a pimpley face
• moosewijiibik (animate noun, also moose-ojiibik) — wormwood — field sagewort
  • moosewijiibikag (plural)
  • moosewijiibikan (obviative)
  • moosewijiibikeng (locative)
  • moosewijiibikens (diminutive)
    • moosewijiibikensag (plural)
    • moosewijiibikensan (obviative)
    • moosewijiibikenseng (locative)

• moose-ojiibik (animate noun, also moosewijiibik) — wormwood — field sagewort
  • moose-ojiibikag (plural)
  • moose-ojiibikan (obviative)
  • moose-ojiibikeng (locative)
  • moose-ojiibikens (diminutive)
    • moose-ojiibikensag (plural)
    • moose-ojiibikensan (obviative)
    • moose-ojiibikenseng (locative)

Transformations;

• moose= (unaffected)
• mwaase= (initial change)
• maamoose= (reduplication)

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Scots

Noun

moose (plural mooses)

1. mouse