# wigwam
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwɪɡwɑːm/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

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

* wigwam for a goose's bridle

#### Translations
### Verb

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

* 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

* ↑ Frank G. Speck, Newell Lion (1918 August) “Penobscot Transformer Tales”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 1, number 3

## Catalan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [wiɡˈwam]

### Noun

wigwam m (plural wigwams)
* wigwam

### Further reading

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

## Finnish
### Etymology

< English wigwam

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwiɡwɑm/, [ˈwiɡwɑ̝m]
* Rhymes: -iɡwɑm
* Syllabification: wig‧wam

### Noun

wigwam
* wigwam (dwelling)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of wigwam (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :

## French
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wi.ɡwam/

### Noun

wigwam m (plural wigwams)
* wigwam

### Further reading

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

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English wigwam.

### Noun

wigwam m (invariable)
* wigwam

## Polish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈviɡvam/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -iɡvam
* Syllabification: wi‧gwam

### Noun

wigwam m inan
* wigwam

#### Declension
### Further reading

* wigwam in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Potawatomi
### Noun

wigwam
* house

#### References

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

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English wigwam.

### Noun

wigwam n (plural wigwamuri)
* wigwam