Talk:Lake Minnewaska (Minnesota)

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'Good water' = mni wašte / Minnewashtay. /minne - mni - water/ + wa - ? + /ska - white/ = water white / white water, like Minneiska down by island 49 on the Mississippi on Hwy 61, north of Winona. or they could have mistakenly changed the fricative t to a plosive k ... more likely mde - lake + (contracted form of) wiyaka - feather + ska - white.