mooz

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Ojibwe

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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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

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

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

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Ottawa

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Noun

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mooz anim (plural moozoog)

  1. moose

References

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