migiskāw
Ojibwe
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Algonquian [Term?], cognate to Woods Cree ᒥᖪᐢᑲᒥᐣ (mithoskamin).
Noun
[edit]migiskāw
- (time, seasons) freeze-up (when the ground and surface waters freezes over permanently, for the rest of the cold season)
Coordinate terms
[edit]- minoskamin (break-up)
- nīpin (summer)
- pipon (winter)
- sīgwan (spring)
- tagwagin (fall)