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Wigwam

//ˈwɪɡwɑːm// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A dwelling having an arched framework overlaid with bark, hides, or mats, used by Native Americans in the northeastern United States.
  2. 2
    a Native American lodge frequently having an oval shape and covered with bark or hides wordnet
  3. 3
    Any more or less similar dwelling used by indigenous people in other parts of the world. dated, possibly

    "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: [...]"

Verb
  1. 1
    To dry (flax or straw) by standing it outside in the shape of a wigwam. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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