ayaabe

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Ojibwe

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Etymology

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From Proto-Algonquian *aya·pe·wa (“buck, male ungulate”).

Noun

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ayaabe anim (plural ayaabeg)

  1. buck, male deer
  2. bull moose

Inflection

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  • ayaabeg (plural)
  • ayaaben (obviative)
  • ayaabewish (pejorative)
  • ayaabens (diminutive)

References

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  • Philip Baldi, Linguistic Change and Reconstruction Methodology →ISBN, 1990)
  • Paul Proulx, Proto-Algic IV: Nouns, in Studies in Native American Languages VII, volume 17, number 2 (1992)
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