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Synonym of wampum (“small cylindrical beads made from polished shells (especially white ones) which have been strung together, formerly used by Native American peoples of eastern North America for various purposes including as jewellery and money, and for record-keeping”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: obsolete except historical
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Synonyms: wampum
Antonyms: none provided
small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wampum, peag
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: beads, string of beads
Borrowed from Massachusett wampompeage (“string of white beads used as money”), from wamp, wap, wompi (“white”) + *umpe (“string”) + -ag (plural suffix). Compare peag (“string of white beads used as money”), also a clipping of wampumpeag. Cognates Penobscot wʌ̃pʌ̃pəyak (singular wʌ̃pʌ̃pi)
