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wiisagi-ma'iingan

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Ojibwe

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Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. coyote

References

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