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Ojibwe
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *mo·swa (“it strips”).
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-)
- moose
Mooz omawinadaan waasakonenjiganens.- A moose is charging the light.
References
Ottawa
Noun
mooz anim (plural moozoog)
- moose
References
Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 174