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From Proto-Algonquian *wiᐧkweᐧhsi (“birch”). Cognate with Cree waskway/ᐊᐧᐢᑲᐧᕀ (ayskayy, “birch”), Penobscot wìkʷesk (“birch”), Menominee wīkīh (“birch”), Montagnais ushkuai (“birch”).

wiigwaas anim

  1. American white birch (Betula papyrifera)
  2. birch
  • wiigwaasag (plural)
  • wiigwaasing (locative)
  • wiigwaasens (diminutive)

wiigwaas inan

  1. birch bark
  • wiigwaasan (plural)
  • wiigwaasing (locative)
  • wiigwaasens (diminutive)