Contionary:moasi

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Siwa

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Proto-Alopian *mōka-si, from Proto-Algonquian *mahkate·w.[1]

Noun

moasi anim or inan (marked moatta or moaska)

  1. (sometimes taboo) black bear (Ursus americanus)

Inflection

moasi — inanimate noun, a-declension
Unmarked
agentive/dative
Marked
patientive/genitive
Locative
inessive illative elative adessive allative ablative
moasi moaska moaskia moaskita moaskika moaskima moaskibma moaskiska
moasi — animate noun
  Unmarked
agentive/dative
Marked
patientive/genitive
singular moasi moatta
plural moasigi, moasġi, moasęgi moattagi

References

  1. ^ Proulx, Paul (1988). "Algic Color Terms". Anthropological Linguistics. Heatherton, NS: The Trustees of Indiana University. 30 (2): 135–149. JSTOR 30027976.