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wigwam

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wig·wam  (wgwm)
n.
A Native American dwelling commonly having an arched or conical framework overlaid with bark, hides, or mats.

[Eastern Abenaki wìkwm.]
Word History: English has adopted two words for Native American dwellings from languages in the Algonquian family. Both wigwam and wickiup come from the Algonquian root wik- (with a variant wig-), "to dwell," to which suffixes are added. Wigwam comes from Abenaki wigwam (spelled various ways) and means "their dwelling"; wickiup comes from Fox dialect wikiyap or wikiyapi, "a dwelling, wigwam."

wigwam
Noun
a N Native American's tent, made of animal skins [Native American wīkwām]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.wigwamwigwam - a Native American lodge frequently having an oval shape and covered with bark or hides
indian lodge, lodge - any of various Native American dwellings
Translations
wigwam [ˈwɪgwæm] ntipi m; tienda india

wigwam [ˈwɪgwæm] nWigwam m

wigwam
n wigwam [ˈwigwam, (American ) -wa:m]
a North American Indian tent made of skins etc. wigwam خَيْمَةٌ عند الهُنود الحُمُر индианска колиба vigvam wigwam der Wigwam δερμάτινη σκηνή ερυθρόδερμων tienda india, tepe vigvam کلبه سرخ پوستان wigwam wigwam אוֹהֵל אינדִיאָנִי अमेरिकी आदिवासियों की चमडे़ की झोपड़ी vigvam indián sátor tenda kulit orang Indian indíánatjald wigwam インディアンの小屋 아메리칸 인디언의 천막식 오두막집 vigvamas vigvams khemah orang Red Indian wigwam wigwam wigwam tenda dos índios wigwam вигвам vigvam vigvam vigvam wigwam กระท่อมของอินเดียนแดงทางตะวันออกของอเมริกา kızılderili çadırı 柵棚屋 вігвам شمالی امریکیوں کا خیمہ lều


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When it was beginning to come on dark we poked our heads out of the cottonwood thicket, and looked up and down and across; nothing in sight; so Jim took up some of the top planks of the raft and built a snug wigwam to get under in blazing weather and rainy, and to keep the things dry.
So he left them, and took his wife and three children, and they journeyed on until they found a spot near to a clear stream, where they began to cut down trees, and to make ready their wigwam.
In the Indian gazettes a wigwam was the symbol of a day's march, and a row of them cut or painted on the bark of a tree signified that so many times they had camped.
 
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