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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I'm Ojibway/Cree from northern Ontario in Canada

In English - a group of moose is just 'a group of moose' .... as far as I know, I've never heard of meese or mooses ... or else people just say two moose, three moose, four moose, etc.

In Ojibway/Cree - one moose is 'moose', because moose is an indigenous word .... a group of moose in my language is MOOSUK

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Very interesting, thanks for sharing. Just curious, is -uk just a general suffix to make anything plural, or this is just a one off thing here?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yes it is for most words.

Goose is niska ... the plural is niskuk

Beaver is amisk..... the plural is amiskuk

It's not a hard rule but it applies to many things, objects and animals.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Ah thanks, that would explain seeing -uk in so many name places I guess