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wampum

English

Etymology

Clipped from wampumpeag (from Narragansett [Term?]; compare the opposite clipping peag), which is a compound of wamp, wompi (“white”) + umpe (“string”) + -ag (plural suffix), and referred to the string of white shell-beads rather than the individual beads.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /?w?mp?m/

Noun

wampum (countable and uncountable, plural wampums or wampum)

Small beads made from polished shells, especially white ones, formerly used as money and jewelry by certain Native American peoples.
A string of such beads.
(slang) Money.

Synonyms

(small beads): seawan, peag; porcelain (such objects or strings of them)

Antonyms

(white shells): suckanhock (black shells)

Derived terms

wampum belt
Wampumgate

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