"wigwam" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwɪɡwɑːm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wigwam.wav [Southern-England] Forms: wigwams [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Abenaki wigwôm (“house”) or Penobscot wigwom (“house”), from Proto-Algonquian *wi·kiwa·ʔmi (“house”). Doublet of wickiup. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|abe|wigwôm||house|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Abenaki wigwôm (“house”), {{bor+|en|abe|wigwôm|t=house}} Borrowed from Abenaki wigwôm (“house”), {{bor|en|aaq|wigwom|t=house}} Penobscot wigwom (“house”), {{der|en|alg-pro|*wi·kiwa·ʔmi|t=house}} Proto-Algonquian *wi·kiwa·ʔmi (“house”), {{doublet|en|wickiup}} Doublet of wickiup Head templates: {{en-noun}} 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. Categories (topical): Buildings Categories (place): Native Americans Categories (lifeform): Flax Translations (a Native American dwelling): wigwôm (Abenaki), ookóówa (Blackfoot), wigwam [masculine] (Catalan), mâhëö'o (Cheyenne), 維格沃姆 (Chinese Mandarin), 维格沃姆 (wéigéwòmǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), wigwam [masculine] (Dutch), wigwam [masculine] (French), Wigwam [masculine] (German), ウィグワム (wiguwamu) (Japanese), ȣichiȣam (Loup A), wikuom (Mi'kmaq), wiikiaami (Miami), wiigiwaam (Ojibwe), miigiwaam (Ojibwe), wigwom (Penobscot), wigwam [masculine] (Polish), wigwam (Potawatomi), вигва́м (vigvám) [masculine] (Russian), toldo [masculine] (Spanish), wigwam [common-gender] (Swedish), wikëwam (Unami)
    Sense id: en-wigwam-en-noun-8LBbXKln Disambiguation of Buildings: 44 34 22 Disambiguation of Native Americans: 97 2 1 Disambiguation of Flax: 51 18 30 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 30 26 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 47 27 26 Disambiguation of 'a Native American dwelling': 84 16
  2. (possibly dated) Any more or less similar dwelling used by indigenous people in other parts of the world. Tags: dated, possibly
    Sense id: en-wigwam-en-noun-4jgjD4oJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: wigwam for a goose's bridle

Verb

IPA: /ˈwɪɡwɑːm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wigwam.wav [Southern-England] Forms: wigwams [present, singular, third-person], wigwamming [participle, present], wigwammed [participle, past], wigwammed [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Abenaki wigwôm (“house”) or Penobscot wigwom (“house”), from Proto-Algonquian *wi·kiwa·ʔmi (“house”). Doublet of wickiup. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|abe|wigwôm||house|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Abenaki wigwôm (“house”), {{bor+|en|abe|wigwôm|t=house}} Borrowed from Abenaki wigwôm (“house”), {{bor|en|aaq|wigwom|t=house}} Penobscot wigwom (“house”), {{der|en|alg-pro|*wi·kiwa·ʔmi|t=house}} Proto-Algonquian *wi·kiwa·ʔmi (“house”), {{doublet|en|wickiup}} Doublet of wickiup Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} 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. Tags: transitive Related terms (traditional Native American dwellings): hogan (alt: used by the Navajo in the southwestern United States), igloo (english: used by the Inuit, made of snow), teepee (english: used in the Great Plains), tupik (english: used by the Inuit during the summer), wetu (alt: used by the Wampanoag in the northeastern United States), wickiup (english: used in the southwestern and western United States)
    Sense id: en-wigwam-en-verb-VoUDSP~2

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        "A dwelling having an arched framework overlaid with bark, hides, or mats, used by Native Americans in the northeastern United States."
      ],
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        ],
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        ],
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        ],
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          "bark"
        ],
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          "hide",
          "hide"
        ],
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          "mat",
          "mat"
        ],
        [
          "Native American",
          "Native American"
        ],
        [
          "northeastern",
          "northeastern"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1845 edition, Charles Darwin, Journal and Remarks (The Voyage of the Beagle)",
          "text": "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."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any more or less similar dwelling used by indigenous people in other parts of the world."
      ],
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        "(possibly dated) Any more or less similar dwelling used by indigenous people in other parts of the world."
      ],
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        "dated",
        "possibly"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɪɡwɑːm/"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "abe",
      "lang": "Abenaki",
      "sense": "a Native American dwelling",
      "word": "wigwôm"
    },
    {
      "code": "bla",
      "lang": "Blackfoot",
      "sense": "a Native American dwelling",
      "word": "ookóówa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a Native American dwelling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wigwam"
    },
    {
      "code": "chy",
      "lang": "Cheyenne",
      "sense": "a Native American dwelling",
      "word": "mâhëö'o"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a Native American dwelling",
      "word": "維格沃姆"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wéigéwòmǔ",
      "sense": "a Native American dwelling",
      "word": "维格沃姆"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a Native American dwelling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wigwam"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a Native American dwelling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wigwam"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a Native American dwelling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Wigwam"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "wiguwamu",
      "sense": "a Native American dwelling",
      "word": "ウィグワム"
    },
    {
      "code": "xlo",
      "lang": "Loup A",
      "sense": "a Native American dwelling",
      "word": "ȣichiȣam"
    },
    {
      "code": "mic",
      "lang": "Mi'kmaq",
      "sense": "a Native American dwelling",
      "word": "wikuom"
    },
    {
      "code": "mia",
      "lang": "Miami",
      "sense": "a Native American dwelling",
      "word": "wiikiaami"
    },
    {
      "code": "oj",
      "lang": "Ojibwe",
      "sense": "a Native American dwelling",
      "word": "wiigiwaam"
    },
    {
      "code": "oj",
      "lang": "Ojibwe",
      "sense": "a Native American dwelling",
      "word": "miigiwaam"
    },
    {
      "code": "aaq",
      "lang": "Penobscot",
      "sense": "a Native American dwelling",
      "word": "wigwom"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a Native American dwelling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wigwam"
    },
    {
      "code": "pot",
      "lang": "Potawatomi",
      "sense": "a Native American dwelling",
      "word": "wigwam"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vigvám",
      "sense": "a Native American dwelling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вигва́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a Native American dwelling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "toldo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a Native American dwelling",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "wigwam"
    },
    {
      "code": "unm",
      "lang": "Unami",
      "sense": "a Native American dwelling",
      "word": "wikëwam"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "wigwam"
  ],
  "word": "wigwam"
}

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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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    {
      "alt": "used by the Navajo in the southwestern United States",
      "sense": "traditional Native American dwellings",
      "word": "hogan"
    },
    {
      "english": "used by the Inuit, made of snow",
      "sense": "traditional Native American dwellings",
      "word": "igloo"
    },
    {
      "english": "used in the Great Plains",
      "sense": "traditional Native American dwellings",
      "word": "teepee"
    },
    {
      "english": "used by the Inuit during the summer",
      "sense": "traditional Native American dwellings",
      "word": "tupik"
    },
    {
      "alt": "used by the Wampanoag in the northeastern United States",
      "sense": "traditional Native American dwellings",
      "word": "wetu"
    },
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      "english": "used in the southwestern and western United States",
      "sense": "traditional Native American dwellings",
      "word": "wickiup"
    }
  ],
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      ],
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        "To dry (flax or straw) by standing it outside in the shape of a wigwam."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To dry (flax or straw) by standing it outside in the shape of a wigwam."
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɪɡwɑːm/"
    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wigwam.wav",
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