iskigamizan

Ojibwe

Etymology

isk- (“lower liquid level”) + -gam- (“liquid, body of water”) + -iz (“act on by heat”) + -an (vti class marker)

Verb

iskigamizan (changed conjunct form eskigamizang, stem iskigamiz-)

1. boil down

Derived terms

• iskigamizigaade (“be boiled down, they boil it down”)
• iskigamizige (“boil things down, be sugaring”)
• iskigamizigewigamig (“sap-boiling lodge”)
• iskigamizigan (“sugar bush, sugar camp”)

See also

• ombigamizan (“boil to sugar”)
• onzan (“boil”)

References

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/iskigamizan-vti