agid-

Ojibwe

Alternative forms

• ogid, wagid, agij

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *waϴkiči (“on top”). Cognate with Menominee wahkēc (“on top, over”), Unami xkwìt-/axkwit- (“on top, over”), Mohegan-Pequot waskici (“on top, over”), Cree ᐊᐧᐢᑭᐨ (ayskic)/waskic.

Preposition

agid- (root)

1. on top of

Derived terms

• agaasadegamaa
• agidajiw
• agidakamig
• agidasin
• agidaabik
• agidaajiwan
• agidaaki
• agidaakiiwe
• agidibiig
• agidigamig
• agidiskwam
• agidoonag
• agijayi'ii
• ogidaagonag
• ogidaandag
• ogidaatig
• ogijidaabaan

 

See also

• *waϴkitaxkamik (“on top of the earth”)
• *waϴkitepyeᐧk (“on top of the water”)
• *waϴkitaᐧkonak (“on top of the snow”)
• *waϴkitaten (“on top of a hill”)

References

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/word-part/aak-medial