mashkiig
Ojibwe edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Algonquian *maškyeᐧkwi (“swamp, muskeg”). Cognate with Cree ᒪᐢᑫᐠ (maskek, “muskeg, swamp”), Mohegan-Pequot mahcáq (“swamp”), Penobscot mə̀kəwahk (“swamp”), Malecite-Passamaquoddy pkuwahq, Unami tëlamàskèk (“swamp”), Menominee maskīk (“swamp”), Montagnais massekᵘ (“marsh, bog, muskeg”), Southern East Cree ᒪᔅᒉᒄ (mascekw, “muskeg, bog”), Northern East Cree ᒥᔅᒑᒄ (miscaakw, “muskeg, bog, swamp”).
Noun edit
mashkiig (plural mashkiigoon) (inanimate)
Inflection edit
- mashkiigoon (plural)
- mashkiigong (locative)
- mashkiigokaang (distributive locative)
See also edit
Related terms
- mashkiigimin
- waabashkiki
- jiigashkiig
- nibiiwashkiigaa
- dakwashkiigaa
- minwashkiigaa
- obashkiigaa
- ginwashkiigaa
- babiikwashkiigaa
- bengwashkiigaa
- jiigeweshkiig
- agaamashkiig
- mashkiigokaa
- agaasashkiigaa
- agwaashkiiga'am
- bajiba'ashkiiga'am
- mangashkigaa
- mangashkiigaa
- naawashkiig
- niminaaweshkiiga'am
- ningashkiigide
- wekwaashkiig