sips

English

Noun

sips

  1. plural of sip

Anagrams

Abenaki

Noun

sips (animate, plural sipsak)

  1. bird

Inflection
  • sipsak (plural)
  • Sipsek (locative)

Penobscot

Etymology

Cognate with Malecite-Passamaquoddy sips (“a bird, especially a duck”), Abenaki sips (“bird”). Possibly cognate with Massachusett sēsēp (“duck”), Menominee sēqsep (“duck”), Ojibwe zhiishiib (“duck”), Miami šiihšiipa (“duck”), Cree sîsîp/sisip (“duck”).

Noun

sips anim (diminutive sipsis)

  1. bird

Derived terms
  • sipsis - little, small bird
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