{"id":22202,"date":"2022-05-31T12:52:05","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T12:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=22202"},"modified":"2022-06-03T12:16:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T12:16:02","slug":"moose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=22202","title":{"rendered":"Moose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I added a page about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/moosecree.htm\">Moose Cree language<\/a> to Omniglot. Moose Cree (\u1403\u14d5\u14d6\u14a7\u1427\u1403\u14d0 \/ ilil\u00eemowin) is a Central Algonquin language spoken mainly in the town of Moose Factory on Moose Factory Island on the Moose River in Ontario, Canada. That\u2019s a lot of <strong>moose<\/strong>, or is it <strong>mooses<\/strong>, <strong>moosen<\/strong> or even <strong>meese<\/strong>? (<a href=\"#plural\">see below<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/apbutterfield\/14595965832\/in\/photolist-oeN98j-nXmWKo-5aTpMT-xVpwz-4FXa9N-4FXa9A-4oy814-zGN7a-Eh46o-4FXa9J-2jMuJdq-87Ln2f-FYzUY-PbVSoK-dLXaN8-9THazy-2m8cpLD-6dFp7D-2kn3YgT-Bn7ty-636hCB-BXWRr-Eh4fY-5YMSzW-8oppkh-2VjgeJ-2kn4x9h-9suN9s-2jHA6pm-BXWRs-2mmGYMu-4Wi9GG-2kmZ68i-6BHCwL-5dkYtZ-rpyaP-2jHomwW-2M2aVH-3373kD-2Zp87E-giGyxs-681bMz-Eh5cD-2MXikv-Po4ivU-BXWRq-6Xdp2J-681dy2-6YPZhS-a6raRN\" title=\"Moose\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/5491\/14595965832_c4c22489b7_z.jpg\" alt=\"Moose\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A <strong>moose<\/strong> is:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201ca ruminant mammal (<em>Alces alces<\/em>) with humped shoulders, long legs, and broadly palmated antlers that is the largest existing member of the deer family and inhabits forested areas of Canada, the northern U.S., Europe, and Asia\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/moose\">source<\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A <strong>moose<\/strong> can also be \u201ca member of a major benevolent and fraternal order [Loyal Order of Moose]\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The word moose was discussed in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=15967\">previous post<\/a>, along with the word <strong>elk<\/strong> and related words.<\/p>\n<p>Today I thought I\u2019d look into <strong>moose<\/strong>-related words in more detail.<\/p>\n<p>Moose was first used in writing in English in 1603, and is thought to come from an Eastern Algonquian language such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/massachusett.htm\">Massachusett<\/a> (<em>moos<\/em>), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/narragansett.htm\">Narragansett<\/a> (<em>moos<\/em>) or Penobscot (<em>mos<\/em>), from the Proto-Algonquian <em>*m\u00f4swa<\/em> (it strips), referring to how a moose strips tree bark when feeding [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/moose#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"plural\"><\/a>The standard plural of <strong>moose<\/strong> is <strong>moose<\/strong>, although <strong>mooses<\/strong> and <strong>meese<\/strong> are also used informally. I think a good alternative plural would be <strong>moosen<\/strong>, like <strong>oxen<\/strong>, <strong>children<\/strong> and <strong>aurochsen<\/strong>. What do you think?<\/p>\n<p>In Moose Cree there are quite a few words moose-related words, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u14a8\u14f1 \/ m\u00f4so = moose; human prey (in traditional stories about cannibals)<\/li>\n<li>\u14c8\u142f \u14a8\u14f1 \/ n\u00e2pe-m\u00f4so = a male moose<\/li>\n<li>\u140a\u152e\u142f\u1424 \/ ay\u00e2pew = a (fully grown) buck, bull<\/li>\n<li>\u14c5\u14ed \u14a8\u14f1 \/ n\u00f4se-m\u00f4so = a female moose<\/li>\n<li>\u14a8\u1513\u1511\u1525 \/ m\u00f4\u0161o\u0161i\u0161 = a moose calf<\/li>\n<li>\u1431\u1433\u14c8\u1505\u146f\u1525 \/ pipon\u00e2sko\u0161 = a one-year-old moose or caribou<\/li>\n<li>\u14a8\u14a8\u14f6\u1424 \/ m\u00f4m\u00f4swew = s\/he eats moose<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/moosecree.ca\/dictionary\/\">The Dictionary of Moose Cree<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>There are also plenty of moose-related words in Plains Cree:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u14a8\u14f4\u1427 \/ m\u00f4swa = moose<\/li>\n<li>\u152e\u142f\u1424 \/ y\u00e2pew  = bull moose<\/li>\n<li>\u14a5\u1422\u144e\u152e\u142f\u1424 \/ mistiy\u00e2pew = a big bull moose<\/li>\n<li>\u1528\u146d\u1426\u1490\u140a\u1427\u14ed\u1422 \/ yikihcawases = a one-year-old bull moose<\/li>\n<li>\u140a\u1427\u1422\u146b\u1424\u1489\u14ed\u1422 \/ waskewceses = a two-year-old bull moose<\/li>\n<li>\u1405\u146d\u14c4\u14aa\u1427\u1490\u1526\u14ed\u1422 \/ okinomwacayeses = a three-year-old bull moose<\/li>\n<li>\u1405\u14c3\u1490\u14c2\u1424\u14a8\u14f4\u1427 \/ on\u00eecaniwm\u00f4swa = a female moose<\/li>\n<li>\u14c5\u14ed\u1422 \/ n\u00f4ses = a mother moose with one calf<\/li>\n<li>\u1405\u14c3\u14f4\u1427\u1422\u146f\u14a3\u1424 \/ on\u00eeswaskomew = a mother moose with two calves<\/li>\n<li>\u1405\u1422\u1473\u1528\u1422 \/ osk\u00e2yis = a young\/baby moose<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.creedictionary.com\/search\/index.php?q=m%C3%B4swa&amp;scope=1&amp;cwr=55747\">Online Cree Dictionary<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>While there are pages about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/massachusett.htm\">Massachusett<\/a> (W\u00f4pan\u00e2\u00f4tuw\u00e2\u00f4k) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/narragansett.htm\">Narragansett<\/a> (N\u00e3ikanset) on Omniglot, there isn\u2019t one about <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Penobscot#Language\">Penobscot<\/a> (P\u03b1naw\u03achpskewi), which is a variety of Eastern Abenaki that was spoken mainly in Maine in the USA until the 1990s, and which is currently being revived. I\u2019ll be adding details soon.<\/p>\n<p>There is an online <a href=\"https:\/\/penobscot-dictionary.appspot.com\/entry\/\">Penobscot Dictionary<\/a> which includes quite a few <a href=\"https:\/\/penobscot-dictionary.appspot.com\/entry\/search\/\">moose-related words<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>: there is now a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/penobscot.htm\">page about Penobscot<\/a> on Omniglot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I added a page about the Moose Cree language to Omniglot. Moose Cree (\u1403\u14d5\u14d6\u14a7\u1427\u1403\u14d0 \/ ilil\u00eemowin) is a Central Algonquin language spoken mainly in the town of Moose Factory on Moose Factory Island on the Moose River in Ontario, Canada. That\u2019s a lot of moose, or is it mooses, moosen or even meese? (see [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[221,104,107,10,78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cree-","category-english","category-etymology","category-language","category-words-and-phrases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22202"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22222,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22202\/revisions\/22222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}