bakwezhigan

Ojibwe

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *pahkwe·šikan- (“bread”). Equivalent to bakwezh- (“cut a piece off”) +‎ -gan (nominalizer).

Noun

bakwezhigan (plural bakwezhiganag) (animate)

  1. bread, bannock
  2. flour

Inflection
  • bakwezhiganag (plural)
  • bakwezhiganing (locative)
  • bakwezhigaans (diminutive)
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