wiigwaasaatig

Ojibwe

Etymology

• /wiigwaas: Birch
• /-aatig: tree, stick, something stick-like, handle

From Proto-Algonquian *wiᐧkweᐧhsaᐧhtekwa (“birch”). Cognate with Menominee wīkīhsāhtek.

Noun

wiigwaasaatig (plural wiigwaasaatigoog) (animate)

1. a birch tree, paper birch tree

Inflection

• wiigwaasaatigoog (plural)
• wiigwaasaatigoons (diminutive)
• wiigwaasaatigong (locative)
• wiigwaasaatigosh (pejorative)

References

• https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/wiigwaasaatig-na