iskigamizan

Ojibwe

Etymology

isk- (“lower liquid level”) + -gam- (“liquid, body of water”) + -iz (“act on by heat”) + -an (vti class marker)

Verb

iskigamizan (changed conjunct form eskigamizang, stem iskigamiz-)

  1. boil down

Derived terms

  • iskigamizigaade (“be boiled down, they boil it down”)
  • iskigamizige (“boil things down, be sugaring”)
  • iskigamizigewigamig (“sap-boiling lodge”)
  • iskigamizigan (“sugar bush, sugar camp”)

See also

  • ombigamizan (“boil to sugar”)
  • onzan (“boil”)

References

  • Nora Livesay and John D. Nichols, editors (2012-2021), “iskigamizan”, in Ojibwe People's Dictionary‎[1], University of Minnesota
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