wigwam
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Western Abenaki wigwôm or Eastern Abenaki (Penobscot) wigwom[1] (both meaning "house"), from Proto-Algonquian.
Noun [edit]
wigwam (plural wigwams)
- A dwelling having an arched framework overlaid with bark, hides, or mats, used by Native Americans in the northeastern United States.
- (possibly dated) Any more or less similar dwelling used by indigenous people in other parts of the world.
- 1813, John Gabriel Stedman, Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted..., volume 1, page 403:
- Their houses or wigwams, which they call carbets, are built as I have already described those of the negroes; but instead of being covered with the leaves of the manicole-tree, they are covered with the leaves of rattans or jointed canes, here called tas, […]
- 1845 edition, Charles Darwin, Journal and Remarks (The Voyage of the Beagle):
- The Fuegian wigwam resembles, in size and dimensions, a haycock. It merely consists of a few broken branches stuck in the ground, and very imperfectly thatched on one side with a few tufts of grass and rushes.
- 1813, John Gabriel Stedman, Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted..., volume 1, page 403:
Translations [edit]
a Native American dwelling
See also [edit]
- wickiup (used in the southwestern and western United States)
- teepee (used in the Great Plains)
- hogan (used by the Navajo in the southwestern United States)
- tupik (used by the Inuit during the summer)
References [edit]
- ^ 1918, Frank G. Speck, Newell Lion, Penobscot Transformer Tales, in the International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 1, number 3 (August 1918)
Italian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
English
Noun [edit]
wigwam m (invariable)
Polish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
from English wigwam
Noun [edit]
wigwam m
Declension [edit]
declension of wigwam
Usage notes [edit]
- Sometimes incorrectly used to refer to a teepee.
Potawatomi [edit]
Noun [edit]
wigwam
