ishkonigan
Ojibwe
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Calque of English reservation, reserve, from ishkon- (“save it; reserve it; leave it”) + -gan (concrete noun forming suffix)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ishkonigan inan (plural ishkoniganan, locative ishkoniganing)
- An Indian reservation/reserve, a tract of land set apart by the US or government for the use of a Native American people
References
[edit]- The Ojibwe People's dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/ishkonigan-ni