kashim
English
editEtymology
editApparently a Russian [Term?] term, perhaps ultimately from Yupik qasgiq[1] (the terms are, at least, synonymous). In Inupiaq, the term qargi is used.
Noun
editkashim (plural kashims)
- A traditional, large, semisubterranean men's communal house, in which communal and ceremonial events are hosted.
- 1990, Peter Nabokov, Robert Easton, Native American Architecture, page 204:
- One Eskimo tale describes a girl who arrives at a kashim feast uninvited; when the building's spirit tells her that it has eyes, nose, arms, legs, and male genitals, she dashes home in fear.
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- ^ “kashim”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.