different between tumpline vs babiche

English

Alternative forms

• tump line

Etymology

Tump is a shortening of mattump, metump, possibly from a Penobscot descendant of Proto-Algonquian *wetempi (“head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?mpla?n/

Noun

tumpline (plural tumplines)

1. A strap used to carry objects tied to its ends by placing the broadened or cushioned middle of the strap over the head just above the forehead.

Further reading

• tumpline on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• pilentum

English

Etymology

First attested around 1800–10. From Canadian French, from Mi'kmaq ápapíj (“cord, thread”), diminutive of ápapi, from Proto-Algonquian *a?lapa·py, *a?lapa·pyi, from *a?lapy- (“net”) + *-a·py (“string”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??bi??/, /bæ?bi??/
• Hyphenation: ba?biche

Noun

babiche (plural babiches)

1. (Canada, US) Thong(s) of rawhide or sinew used as cord, lacing, or webbing, in the manufacture of snowshoes, braided straps and tumplines, fishing and harpoon lines, knit bags, etc.

See also

• Gadacz, René R. (2008). “Babiche”, in the Canadian Encyclopedia.

References

• “babiche” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
• “babiche” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “babiche” in The New Oxford American Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2005

French

Etymology

From Mi'kmaq ápapíj (“cord, thread”). See above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.bi?/

Noun

babiche f (plural babiches)

1. babiche

Related terms

• babichon

Further reading

• “babiche” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).