wiigwaasigamig

Ojibwe

Etymology

Cognate with Penobscot maskʷayíkamikʷ (“birch bark lodge”), Malecite-Passamaquoddy masqewikan (“birch bark house”), Cree waskwayikamik/ᐊᐧᐢᑲᐧᔨᑲᒥᐠ (ayskayyikamik, “birch bark wigwam”).

Noun

wiigwaasigamig (plural wiigwaasigamigoon) (inanimate)

  1. birchbark lodge

Inflection

  • wiigwaasigamigoon (plural)
  • wiigwaasigamigoons (diminutive)
  • wiigwaasigamigong (locative)
  • niwiigiwaam (1sg possessed)

References

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