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Word: Wampumpeag
Speech Type: Noun
early 17th century; earliest use found in William Bradford (1590–1657), a founder of Plymouth Colony. Probably from Massachusett Wampompeage, cognate with Eastern Abenaki (Caniba) wʌ̃pʌ̃pəyak (recorded in 1691, glossed ‘white wampum beads’) from wʌ̃p- white + ʌ̃pəy- string + -ak, animate plural ending
Small cylindrical beads made from shells and strung together, used by some eastern North American Indian peoples for trade and ornament, and by European settlers as a currency.
- wompompeag
- wampum-peake
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