American I ndian Loanwords
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Transcript of American I ndian Loanwords
American Indian Loanwords
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Algonquian Languages
• Most densely populated in Eastern America
Names of Places
• Mississippi -- Great River• Michigan -- Great Sea → Lake Michigan• Quebec -- where the river narrows
Racoon
• "[the] one who rubs, scrubs and scratches with its hands“
• Virginia Algonquian aroughcun, aroughcoune
Chipmunk – Red Squirrel
mid 19th century: from Ojibwa
Mooseearly 17th century: from Abnaki “mos”
Qua·hog mid 18th century: from Narragansett
“poquaûhock”
Pecan – a nut requiring a stone to crack
late 18th century: from Illinois (an American Indian language)
Hominyshortened from Virginia Algonquian
uskatahomenliterally “that which is treated”
Moccasinearly 17th century: from Virginia Algonquian
“mockasin.” The word is also found in other American Indian languages
Totem• ‘that which marks the family or tribe’• Ojibwe nindoodem, "my totem" or
odoodeman, "his totem
Powwow -- to dreamearly 17th century: from Narragansett powah
powwaw 'magician' (literally 'he dreams')
References: Oxford Dictionary. (n.d.). Oxford Dictionaries. Retrieved from http://oxforddictionaries.com/
Hartman, H.,(2007). American Indian Loanwords. Infoplease.Retrieved from http://www.infoplease.com/spot/aihmwords1.html
List of English Words from Indigenous Languages of the Americas. (n.d.). InWikipedia. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_from_indigenous_languages_of_the_Americas#Words_from_Algonquian
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