zhagashkaandawe

Ojibwe

Etymology

By surface analysis, from an unattested verb, *zhagashkaandawe (“s/he climbs flattened down”) +‎ -w (“noun-forming suffix”), from zhagashk- (“flatten down”) +‎ -aandawe (“s/he climbs”).

Noun

zhagashkaandawe anim (plural zhagashkaandaweg, diminutive zhagashkaandawens)

1. a flying squirrel, particularly northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus)

References

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/zhagashkaandawe-na