wigwam

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English

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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)(file)

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 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.

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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)

References

  1. ^ Frank G. Speck, Newell Lion (1918 August) “Penobscot Transformer Tales”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 1, number 3

Catalan

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

wigwam m (plural wigwams)

  1. wigwam

Further reading

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

wigwam m (plural wigwams)

  1. wigwam

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English wigwam.

Noun

wigwam m (invariable)

  1. wigwam

Polish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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
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