migiskāw
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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)