English

moose

Arapaho

1. hinéni' (older word)2. hinenihii (newer word) 3. see’-iini3ee-t

Translation of the Arapaho

3. ‘it has flat horns’

Technical Information

Alces alces

 

Moose in the Arapaho

Like several other words for animals (‘goose,’ ‘duck,’ ‘fish’) the former plural word for moose has become the singular and well as plural form in modern Arapaho.