mashkikiwaaboo

Ojibwe

Alternative forms

  • mashkikiwaabo (Eastern Canadian Border lakes)

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *maškihkyiwaᐧpowi (“herbal infusion”). By surface analysis, mashkikiw- (“medicine, drug”) +‎ -aaboo (“liquid”). Cognate with Cree ᒪᐢᑭᐦᑭᐊᐧᐱᕀ (maskihkiaypiy, “medicine water, potion, tea”), Fox mashishkiwâpowi (“tea”), Menominee maskīhkiwapoh (“tea”).

Noun

mashkikiwaaboo inan (plural mashkikiwaaboon, locative mashkikiwaaboong)

  1. liquid medicine
  2. tonic

Derived terms

References

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