ayaabe

Ojibwe

Etymology

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

Noun

ayaabe anim (plural ayaabeg)

1. buck, male deer
2. bull moose

Inflection

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

References

• 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)