wampum

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈwɒmpəm/    美 /ˈwɑmpəm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Small cylindrical beads made from polished shells (especially white ones) which have been strung together, formerly used by Native American peoples of eastern North America for various purposes including as jewellery and money, and for record-keeping; (countable, archaic) one such bead. uncountable
    — [A]mong the Red Men of America the giving of the white belt of wampum was the deepest pledge of honor; […]
  2. Money. slang,uncountable
    — [Kenneth O'Keefe, letter] Have that seven quid. Or else I'll be kaput. […] [Sebastian Dangerfield, letter in reply] Kenneth, we all want wampum. And as you must know, if only I had some I would be only too willing to share. But the only thing I have here is a pile of business magazines which I am going to burn for a fire.
  3. Ellipsis of wampum snake (“the common kingsnake or eastern kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula)”). abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis,obsolete

词形变化

wampums plural wampum plural wompam alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
wampum belt Wampumgate
并列词
suckanhock suckauhock

词源

Clipping of wampumpeag (“wampum”), probably borrowed from Massachusett wampompeage (“string of white beads used as money”).
Compare peag (“string of white beads used as money”), also a clipping of wampumpeag.
Noun sense 3 (“common kingsnake”) is from the similarity of the snake’s appearance to a string of wampum.
Cognates
Penobscot wάpαpəyak (singular wάpαpi)
Unami òpapiàk (singular òpapi)
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