wampum

Etymology
, probably borrowed from, from +  +.

Compare, also a clipping of.

(“common kingsnake”) is from the similarity of the snake’s appearance to a string of wampum.


 * 🇨🇬 (singular )
 * 🇨🇬 (singular )

Noun

 * 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;  one such bead.
 * 2)  Money.
 * 3)   (“the common kingsnake or eastern kingsnake ”)
 * 1)  Money.
 * 2)   (“the common kingsnake or eastern kingsnake ”)
 * 1)  Money.
 * 2)   (“the common kingsnake or eastern kingsnake ”)
 * 1)   (“the common kingsnake or eastern kingsnake ”)
 * 1)   (“the common kingsnake or eastern kingsnake ”)
 * 1)   (“the common kingsnake or eastern kingsnake ”)

Translations

 * Basque: wampum
 * Belarusian: вампу́м
 * Bulgarian: вампум
 * Catalan: wampum
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 貝殼串珠
 * Czech: wampum
 * Dutch: wampum
 * Finnish: wampum
 * German:
 * Irish: vampam
 * Italian: wampum
 * Korean: 왐펌
 * Latvian: vampums
 * Lithuanian: vampumas
 * Macedonian: ва́мпум
 * Malecite-Passamaquoddy: wapap
 * Mohegan-Pequot: môsôpi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: wampum
 * Ojibwe: miigisag
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: wampum
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: wampum,
 * Swedish: wampum
 * Ukrainian:
 * Uzbek: vampum