minoskamin

Ojibwe

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian [Term?], cognate to Woods Cree ᒥᖪᐢᑲᒥᐣ (mithoskamin).

Noun

minoskamin

1. (time, seasons) break-up (when the surface waters melt, and start flowing, for the rest of the warm season)

Coordinate terms

• migiskāw (freeze-up)
• nīpin (summer)
• pipon (winter)
• sīgwan (spring)
• tagwagin (fall)