| 单词 | wampumpeag |
| 释义 | wampumpeag in British English (ˈwɒmpəmˌpiːɡ) noun another name for wampum wampum in British English (ˈwɒmpəm) noun Also called: wampumpeag, peag, peage1. (formerly) money used by Native Americans, made of cylindrical shells strung or woven together, esp white shells rather than the more valuable black or purple ones 2. US and Canadian informal money or wealth Word origin C17: short for wampumpeag, from Narraganset wampompeag, from wampan light + api string + -ag plural suffixwampumpeag in American English (ˈwɑmpəmˌpiɡ, ˈwɔm-) noun wampum Word origin [1620–30, Amer.; earlier also wampampeak, wampompeage ‹ Massachusett (c. Eastern Abenaki wa᷉pαpəyak wampum beads; equiv. to Proto-Algonquian *wa⋅p- white + *-a⋅py- string + *-aki pl. suffix)]This word is first recorded in the period 1620–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: contact, geometric, grommet, plug, veto |
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