mashkiki

Ojibwe

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *maškihkyiwi (“grass, herb, medicine”). Cognate with Menominee maskīhkiw (“medicine”), Fox mashishki (“herb”), Cree ᒪᐢᑭᐦᑮᕀ (maskihkiiy, “medicine, healing potion”).

Noun

mashkiki (plural mashkikiwan)

medicine, drug

Inflection

mashkikiwan (plural)
mashkikiins (diminutive)
mashkikiing (locative)

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