wigwam
See also: Wigwam
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Abenaki wigwôm (“house”) or Penobscot wigwom (“house”),[1] from Proto-Algonquian *wi·kiwa·ʔmi (“house”). Doublet of wickiup.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
wigwam (plural wigwams)
- A dwelling having an arched framework overlaid with bark, hides, or mats, used by Native Americans in the northeastern United States.
- (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 edit
Translations edit
a Native American dwelling
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Verb edit
wigwam (third-person singular simple present wigwams, present participle wigwamming, simple past and past participle wigwammed)
- (transitive) To dry (flax or straw) by standing it outside in the shape of a wigwam.
See also edit
- 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 edit
- ^ Frank G. Speck, Newell Lion (1918 August) “Penobscot Transformer Tales”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 1, number 3
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Abenaki wigwôm (“house”) or Penobscot wigwom (“house”), borrowed via English wigwam or French wigwam.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
wigwam m (plural wigwams)
Further reading edit
- “wigwam” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Abenaki wigwôm (“house”) or Penobscot wigwom (“house”), from Proto-Algonquian *wi·kiwa·ʔmi (“house”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
wigwam m (plural wigwams)
Further reading edit
- “wigwam”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English wigwam.
Noun edit
wigwam m (invariable)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English wigwam, from Abenaki wigwôm or Penobscot wigwom, from Proto-Algonquian *wi·kiwa·ʔmi.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
wigwam m inan
Declension edit
Declension of wigwam
Further reading edit
- wigwam in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Potawatomi edit
Noun edit
wigwam
References edit
- Donald Perrot (2017) Memejek Ebodewadmimyak: Mnokmek, Amazon.com
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
wigwam n (plural wigwamuri)
Declension edit
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 | ||