Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kashim

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English

Syllables: kashim
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Example Sentences

"One Eskimo tale describes a girl who arrives at a kashim feast uninvited; when the building's spirit tells her that it has eyes, nose, arms, legs, and male genitals, she dashes home in fear."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Russian

Inflected Forms

kashims (plural)

Synonyms

qasgiq qaygiq qargi

Questions

What does kashim mean?: 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.
Where does kashim come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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