šiihšiipa

Miami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *ši·ʔši·pa. Cognate with Malecite-Passamaquoddy sips (“a bird, especially a duck”), Abenaki sips (“bird”), Massachusett sēsēp (“duck”), Menominee sēqsep (“duck”), Ojibwe zhiishiib (“duck”), Cree sîsîp/sisip (“duck”).

Noun

šiihšiipa anim (plural šiihšiipaki)

1. duck

References

• https://mc.miamioh.edu/ilda-myaamia/dictionary/entries/3723