mazinaakizigan

Ojibwe

Etymology

From mazinaakiz- (“photograph it”) +‎ -gan (“noun-forming suffix”) or equivalently from the VTA verb mazinaakiz (“Photograph h/”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʌzɪnɑːkʰɪzɪɡʌn/

Noun

mazinaakizigan inan (plural mazinaakiziganan, locative mazinaakiziganing, diminutive mazinaakizigaans)

  1. a camera
  2. a picture, a photograph

References

  • Nora Livesay and John D. Nichols, editors (2012-2021), “mazinaakizigan”, in Ojibwe People's Dictionary‎[1], University of Minnesota
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