mooz

Ojibwe

Alternative forms

• moonz

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *mo·swa (“moose; it strips”). Cognates include Ottawa moos, Potawatomi mozo/mos, Plains Cree môswa/ᒨᔁ, Unami mus and (from an Eastern Algonquian language) English moose.

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. a moose

   Mooz omawinadaan waasakonenjiganens.

   A moose is charging the light.

Derived terms

• Mooz (personal name)
• naabe-mooz (“a male moose”)
• noozhe-mooz (“a female moose”)

References

• Nora Livesay and John D. Nichols, editors (2012-2021), “mooz”, in Ojibwe People's Dictionary‎^[1], University of Minnesota

Ottawa

Noun

mooz anim (plural moozoog)

1. moose

References

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