kashim

English

Etymology

Apparently a Russian [Term?] term, perhaps ultimately from Yupik qasgiq[1] (the terms are, at least, synonymous). In Inupiaq, the term qargi is used.

Noun

kashim (plural kashims)

  1. A traditional, large, semisubterranean men's communal house, in which communal and ceremonial events are hosted.
    • 1990, Peter Nabokov, Robert Easton, Native American Architecture, page 204:
      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.

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References
  1. “kashim”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

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