Ojibwe edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Algonquian *aya·pe·wa (buck, male ungulate).

Noun edit

ayaabe anim (plural ayaabeg)

  1. buck, male deer
  2. bull moose

Inflection edit

  • ayaabeg (plural)
  • ayaaben (obviative)
  • ayaabewish (pejorative)
  • ayaabens (diminutive)

References edit

  • Philip Baldi, Linguistic Change and Reconstruction Methodology →ISBN, 1990)
  • Paul Proulx, Proto-Algic IV: Nouns, in Studies in Native American Languages VII, volume 17, number 2 (1992)