kashim

Meaning

Noun

  • A traditional, large, semisubterranean men's communal house, in which communal and ceremonial events are hosted.

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Origin

  • Apparently a Russian term, perhaps ultimately from qasgiq (the terms are, at least, synonymous). In Inupiaq, the term qargi is used.

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