wampumpeag
[wom-puh m-peeg, wawm-]
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noun
Origin of wampumpeag
1620–30, Americanism; earlier also wampampeak, wampompeage < Massachusett (cognate with Eastern Abenaki wάpαpəyak wampum beads; equivalent to Proto-Algonquian *wa·p- white + *-a·py- string + *-aki plural suffix)
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Historical Examples of wampumpeag
The wampumpeag of the North American Indians is a case in point, as it certainly served as jewellery.
Readings in Money and BankingChester Arthur Phillips