wigwam

See also: Wigwam

English

A wigwam at Lefferts Historic House Museum, Brooklyn, New York

Etymology

Borrowed from Abenaki wigwôm (“house”) or Penobscot wigwom (“house”), from Proto-Algonquian *wi·kiwa·ʔmi (“house”). Doublet of wickiup.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɪɡwɑːm/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

wigwam (plural wigwams)

1. A dwelling having an arched framework overlaid with bark, hides, or mats, used by Native Americans in the northeastern United States.
2. (possibly dated) Any more or less similar dwelling used by indigenous people in other parts of the world.
   • 1796, J[ohn] G[abriel] Stedman, chapter XV, in Narrative of a Five Years’ Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the Wild Coast of South America; […], volume I, London: J[oseph] Johnson, […], and J. Edwards, […], →OCLC, page 388:

     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, which grow in cluſters in all marſhy places: [...]

   • 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.

Derived terms

• wigwam for a goose's bridle

Translations

a Native American dwelling

• Abenaki: wigwôm
• Blackfoot: ookóówa
• Catalan: wigwam m
• Cheyenne: mâhëö'o
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 維格沃姆／维格沃姆 (wéigéwòmǔ)

• Dutch: wigwam (nl) m
• French: wigwam (fr) m
• German: Wigwam (de) m
• Japanese: ウィグワム (wiguwamu)
• Loup A: ȣichiȣam
• Mi'kmaq: wikuom
• Miami: wiikiaami
• Ojibwe: wiigiwaam, miigiwaam
• Penobscot: wigwom
• Polish: wigwam (pl) m
• Potawatomi: wigwam
• Russian: вигва́м (ru) m (vigvám)
• Spanish: toldo (es) m
• Swedish: wigwam (sv) c
• Unami: wikëwam

Verb

wigwam (third-person singular simple present wigwams, present participle wigwamming, simple past and past participle wigwammed)

1. (transitive) To dry (flax or straw) by standing it outside in the shape of a wigwam.

See also

• traditional Native American dwellings:
  • hogan (used by the Navajo in the southwestern United States)
  • igloo (used by the Inuit, made of snow)
  • teepee (used in the Great Plains)
  • tupik (used by the Inuit during the summer)
  • wetu (used by the Wampanoag in the northeastern United States)
  • wickiup (used in the southwestern and western United States)
  • wigwam (used in the northeastern United States)

Catalan

Etymology

Ultimately from Abenaki wigwôm (“house”) or Penobscot wigwom (“house”), borrowed via English wigwam or French wigwam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [wiɡˈwam]

Noun

wigwam m (plural wigwams)

1. wigwam

Further reading

• “wigwam” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Abenaki wigwôm (“house”) or Penobscot wigwom (“house”), from Proto-Algonquian *wi·kiwa·ʔmi (“house”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wi.ɡwam/

Noun

wigwam m (plural wigwams)

1. wigwam

Further reading

• “wigwam”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English wigwam.

Noun

wigwam m (invariable)

1. wigwam

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English wigwam, from Abenaki wigwôm or Penobscot wigwom, from Proto-Algonquian *wi·kiwa·ʔmi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈviɡ.vam/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -iɡvam
• Syllabification: wig‧wam

Noun

wigwam m inan

1. wigwam

Declension

Declension of wigwam

	singular	plural
nominative	wigwam	wigwamy
genitive	wigwamu	wigwamów
dative	wigwamowi	wigwamom
accusative	wigwam	wigwamy
instrumental	wigwamem	wigwamami
locative	wigwamie	wigwamach
vocative	wigwamie	wigwamy

Further reading

• wigwam in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Potawatomi

Noun

wigwam

1. house

References

• Donald Perrot (2017) Memejek Ebodewadmimyak: Mnokmek, Amazon.com

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English wigwam.

Noun

wigwam n (plural wigwamuri)

1. wigwam

Declension

Declension of wigwam

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) wigwam	wigwamul	(niște) wigwamuri	wigwamurile
genitive/dative	(unui) wigwam	wigwamului	(unor) wigwamuri	wigwamurilor
vocative	wigwamule		wigwamurilor