mashkiki

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Ojibwe

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *maškihkyiwi (grass, herb, medicine). Cognate with Menominee maskīhkiw (medicine), Fox mashishki (herb), Cree ᒪᐢᑭᐦᑭᕀ (maskihkiy, herb, medicine).

Noun

mashkiki (plural mashkikiwan, locative mashkikiing)

  1. medicine, drug

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