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)