maʼiingan

Ojibwe

Alternative forms

• miʼiingan
• miyʼiingan

Etymology

From the preverb mayagi- (“strange, foreign, exotic”). Literally "the strange one". Cognate with Algonquin mahingan.

Noun

maʼiingan anim (plural maʼiinganag, diminutive maʼiingaans, pejorative maʼiinganish)

1. wolf (Canis lupus)

   Ngii waabmaa maʼiingan nongom.

   I saw a wolf today.

References

• John D. Nichols, Earl Nyholm, A Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe (University of Minnesota Press, 1995) (p 75, 285)
• Irene Snache, Rama First Nation Ojibwe Language Dictionary (Mnjikaning Kendaaswin Publishers, 2005) (p 198)
• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/ma-iingan-na