apishamore
English
editEtymology
editFrom an Algonquian language term for "something to sit on". Compare Cree ᐊᐢᐹᐏᑲᓀᐦᐃᑲᐣ (aspaawikanehikan, “saddle blanket”) and Ojibwe apishimon/apishamon (“something to lie down upon”).[1][2]
Noun
editapishamore (plural apishamores)
Translations
editsaddle blanket — see saddle blanket
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Nora Livesay and John D. Nichols, editors (2012-2021), “apishimon”, in Ojibwe People's Dictionary[1], University of Minnesota
- ^ Chamberlain, Alexander F. (1902 October–December) “Algonkian Words in American English: A Study in the Contact of the White Man and The Indian”, in The Journal of American Folk-Lore[2], volume XV, number LIX, American Folk-Lore Society, , pages 240–241