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Ojibwe
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the preverb mayagi- (“strange, foreign, exotic”). Literally "the strange one". Cognate with Algonquin mahingan.
Noun
maʼiingan anim (plural maʼiinganag, diminutive maʼiingaans, pejorative maʼiinganish)
- wolf (Canis lupus)
Ngii waabmaa maʼiingan nongom.- I saw a wolf today.
References
- John D. Nichols, Earl Nyholm, A Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe (University of Minnesota Press, 1995) (p 75, 285)
- Irene Snache, Rama First Nation Ojibwe Language Dictionary (Mnjikaning Kendaaswin Publishers, 2005) (p 198)
- The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/ma-iingan-na