iskigamizige

Ojibwe

Etymology

iskigamiz- (“boil down”) +‎ -ge (“acts on”)

Verb

iskigamizige (changed conjunct form eskigamiziged)

1. boil sap, be sugaring

   Mii 'i gii-gopiiwaad igiweg waa-o-iskigamizigewaad.

   The people went into the woods to go boil sap.

2. boil down

Conjugation

Conjugation of iskigamizige

Independent	positive	negative
1st person (1s) Niin	nindiskigamizige	nindiskigamizigesii(n)
2nd person (2s) Giin	gidiskigamizige	gidiskigamizigesii(n)
3rd person (3s) Wiin	iskigamizige	iskigamizigesii(n)
Obviative (3')	iskigamizigewan	iskigamizigesiiwan
Indefinite (X)	iskigamizigem	iskigamizigesiim
1st person plural exclusive (1p) Niinawind	nindiskigamizigemin	nindiskigamizigesiimin
1st person plural inclusive (21) Giinawind	gidiskigamizigemin	gidiskigamizigesiimin
2nd person plural (2p) Giinawaa	gidiskigamizigem	gidiskigamizigesiim
3rd person plural (3p) Wiinawaa	iskigamizigewag	iskigamizigesiiwag
Conjunct	positive	negative
1st person (1s) Niin	iskigamizigeyaan	iskigamizigesiwaan
2nd person (2s) Giin	iskigamizigeyan/yin	iskigamizigesiwan/siwin
3rd person (3s) Wiin	iskigamiziged	iskigamizigesig
Obviative (3')	iskigamizigenid	iskigamizigesinid/sinig
Indefinite (X)	iskigamizigeng	iskigamizigesing
1st person plural exclusive (1p) Niinawind	iskigamizigeyaang	iskigamizigesiwaang
1st person plural inclusive (21) Giinawind	iskigamizigeyang/ying	iskigamizigesiwang/siwing
2nd person plural (2p) Giinawaa	iskigamizigeyeg	iskigamizigesiweg
3rd person plural (3p) Wiinawaa	iskigamizigewaad	iskigamizigesiwaad

Derived terms

• iskigamizige-giizis (“April”)

References

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