mazinaakizigan

Ojibwe

Etymology

• /mazin-/ (initial): image
• /-aak-/ (medial) fire
• /-iz/ (final): act on it by heat
• /-gan/ (final) nominalizer

Noun

mazinaakizigan (plural mazinaakiziganan)

1. camera
2. photograph

Inflection

• mazinaakiziganan (plural)
• mazinaakizigaans (diminutive)
• mazinaakiziganing (locative)

References

• https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/mazinaakizigan-ni