wigwam

Borrowed from Abenaki wigwôm (“house”) or Penobscot wigwom (“house”),[1] from Proto-Algonquian *wi·kiwa·ʔmi (“house”). Doublet of wickiup.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɪɡwɑːm/

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wigwam (plural wigwams)

1. A dwelling having an arched framework overlaid with bark, hides, or mats, used by Native Americans in the northeastern United States.
2. (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.

• wigwam for a goose's bridle

wigwam (third-person singular simple present wigwams, present participle wigwamming, simple past and past participle wigwammed)

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

• 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)

Ultimately from Abenaki wigwôm (“house”) or Penobscot wigwom (“house”), borrowed via English wigwam or French wigwam.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [wiɡˈwam]

wigwam m (plural wigwams)

1. wigwam

• “wigwam” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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

• IPA^(key): /wi.ɡwam/

wigwam m (plural wigwams)

1. wigwam

• “wigwam”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Unadapted borrowing from English wigwam.

wigwam m (invariable)

1. wigwam

Borrowed from English wigwam, from Abenaki wigwôm or Penobscot wigwom, from Proto-Algonquian *wi·kiwa·ʔmi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈviɡ.vam/

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• Rhymes: -iɡvam
• Syllabification: wig‧wam

wigwam m inan

1. wigwam

• wigwam in Polish dictionaries at PWN

wigwam

1. house

• Donald Perrot (2017) Memejek Ebodewadmimyak: Mnokmek, Amazon.com

Borrowed from English wigwam.

wigwam n (plural wigwamuri)

1. wigwam