wam|pum|peag

wam|pum|peag
wam|pum|peag «WOM puhm peeg, WM-», noun.
1. wampum made of white shells (less valuable than that made of black shells).
2. any wampum.
[American English < Algonkian (probably Narragansett) wanpanpiak string of white shell beads]

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  • peag — peag; wam·pum·peag; …   English syllables

  • pum — cal·o·car·pum; pum·ic·er; pum·i·cite; pum·mies; pum·pel·ly·ite; pum·per·nick·el; pum·pet; pum·ple; tar·pum; wam·pum; wam·pum·peag; pum·ice; pum·mel; pum·my; car·dio·car·pum; rhab·do·car·pum; …   English syllables

  • wam — cat·a·wam·pous·ly; cat·ty·wam·pus; WAM; wam·ben·ger; wam·bli·ness; wam·bly; wam·pa·no·ag; wam·pish; wam·pum; wam·pum·peag; wam·pus; wig·wam; cat·a·wam·pus; wam·ble; wam·pee; cat·a·wam·pous; wam·bling·ly; wam·mus; wam·pi; …   English syllables

  • wampumpeag — wam·pum·peag …   English syllables

  • wampumpeag — wam•pum•peag [[t]ˈwɒm pəmˌpig, ˈwɔm [/t]] n. ant wampum • Etymology: 1620–30, amer.; < Massachusett, c. Eastern Abenaki wάpαpəyak wampum beads = Proto Algonquian *wa·p white +* a·py string +* aki pl. suffix …   From formal English to slang

  • Wampum — Wam|pum der; s, e <aus Algonkin (einer nordamerik. Indianersprache) wampum peag, eigtl. »weiße Schnur«> bei den nordamerik. Indianern Gürtel aus Muscheln u. Schnecken, der als Zahlungsmittel u. Urkunde diente …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

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