wannigan
English edit
Etymology edit
From Abenaki waniigan (“pit trap, container for sundries”);[1] compare klahigan (“wooden trap”). Compare Ojibwe waanikaan (“pit, excavated hole”) and English wammikin (also from Algonquian).
Noun edit
wannigan (plural wannigans)
- A box, usually made of wood, used to store food on canoe or sledding trips.
Synonyms edit
References edit
- ^ 1910, Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, edited by Frederick Webb Hodge, part 2, page 910