migizi

Ojibwe

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *mekesiwa. Cognate with Cree mikisiw (“bald eagle”), Montagnais mitshishu (“bald eagle”).

Noun

migizi (plural migiziwag)

bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Inflection

migiziwag (plural)
migiziins (diminutive)
migiziwan (obviative)

Derived terms

migizi-giizis (February)

See also

giniw

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