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单词 baggataway
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baggatawayn.

Brit. /bəˈɡatəweɪ/, U.S. /bəˈɡædəˌweɪ/
Forms: 1800s baug-ah-ud-o-way, 1800s–1900s baggatiway, 1800s– bagataway, 1800s– bagattiway (rare), 1800s– baggataway, 1900s– baggattaway.
Origin: A borrowing from Ojibwa. Etymon: Ojibwa baaga’adowe.
Etymology: < Ojibwa baaga’adowe plays lacrosse < baaga’- ( < baag- to knock, strike + -a’, forming verbs for actions using a handheld tool) + -adow-, apparently in sense ‘ball’ + -e, forming verbs.
The game of lacrosse, esp. as played by certain indigenous peoples of eastern Canada and the midwestern and northeastern United States, using sticks incorporating a net at one end, by means of which players attempt to drive a ball into the opposing team's goal. Cf. lacrosse n.Also formerly called Indian ball (see Indian ball n. (a) at Indian adj. and n. Compounds 1b(a)).
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baggataway1809
Indian ball1848
lacrosse1867
lax1951
1809 A. Henry Trav. & Adventures Canada ix. 78 The Indians call the game baggatiway. By the French in Canada it is named ‘le jeu de la crosse’.
1877 Canad. Monthly 11 396/1 To urge upon Lacrosse players, both here and in England, the adoption for it of its original Indian appellation of ‘Baggatiway’.
1904 Epworth Herald 7 May 1280/3 (Junior Herald section) The young Indians, and sometimes the old warriors as well, have enjoyed the game of baggataway.
1994 C. Fleet in J. Bruchac Returning the Gift 101 This game Baggataway is given to us by the creator.
2012 Telegraph-Jrnl. (New Brunswick) (Nexis) 7 July c8 Kayaking may not..hold the special status of a national sport like baggataway (lacrosse) but it is woven into the country's fabric and history.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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