English Explanatory Dictionary

kashim

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A traditional, large, semisubterranean men's communal house of the Yup'ik, Inuit, and Deg Hit'an Athabaskans, in which communal and ceremonial events are hosted.

Word forms

kashim kashims

Etymology

Apparently a Russian [Term?] term, perhaps ultimately from Yupik qasgiq (the terms are, at least, synonymous). In Inupiaq, the term qargi is used.

Synonyms

qasgiq qaygiq qargi
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