mashkosiigaan
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Ojibwe
[edit]Etymology
[edit]- /mashkosiw-/ (stem): grass
- /-igaan/ (final) lodge, house, built structure
Cognate with Cree maskosiyokân/ᒪᐢᑯᓯᔪᑳᐣ (maskosiyokaan, “grass lodge”), Cree maskosiwikamik/Cree ᒪᐢᑯᓯᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ (maskosiiykamik, “shelter made of grass, straw house”), Unami maxàskwikamikaon (“grass house with rooms”), Unami maxàskwikaon (“grass house, thatched cabin”).
Noun
[edit]mashkosiigaan (plural mashkosiigaanan) (inanimate)
Inflection
[edit]- mashkosiigaanan (plural)
- mashkosiigaanens (diminutive)
- mashkosiigaaning (locative)