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Algonquin
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *nekikwa (“otter”).
Pronunciation
Noun
nigig
- otter
Ojibwe
ngig (Odawa dialect)
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *nekikwa (“otter”).
Noun
nigig anim (plural nigigwag, pejorative nigigosh, diminutive nigigoons)
- otter, Lontra canadensis