mashkiig
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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