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”).
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