wiisagi-ma'iingan

Ojibwe

Etymology

Compound of wiisagi- (“bitter; in pain, hurting”) and ma'iingan (“wolf”).

Noun

wiisagi-ma'iingan (plural wiisagi-ma'iinganag)

1. coyote

References

• Nancy Jones, Gorden Jourdain, Rose Tainter (authors); Anton Treuer, Keler Paap (editors), Ezhichigeyang: Ojibwe Word List (2011), page 103