onigam
Appearance
Ojibwe
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Cree onikâhp (“portage”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]onigam inan (plural onigamiin, locative onigamiing, diminutive onigamiins)
- a portage
Derived terms
[edit]- Onigamiinsing (“Duluth, Minnesota; Onigum, Minnesota”)
Descendants
[edit]- → English: Onigum
References
[edit]- The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/onigam-ni