kashim

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noun

A traditional, large, semisubterranean men's communal house of the Yup'ik, Inuit, and Deg Hit'an Athabaskans, in which communal and ceremonial events are hosted.

Similar
qasgiqqaygiqqargi
OriginRussian [Term?] ← Yupik →
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Meanings

nounkashim (plural kashims)

plural kashims

  1. A traditional, large, semisubterranean men's communal house of the Yup'ik, Inuit, and Deg Hit'an Athabaskans, in which communal and ceremonial events are hosted.

    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.

    1990, Peter Nabokov, Robert Easton, Native American Architecture, page 204

    Synonyms: qasgiq, qaygiq, qargi

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA traditional, large, semisubterranean men's communal house of the Yup'ik, Inuit, and Deg Hit'an Athabaskans, in which communal and ceremonial events are hosted.

Similar
qasgiqqaygiqqargi
Also see
qaygiq

Origin

  1. Yupik
  2. Russian[Term?]
  3. Englishkashim

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

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Anagrams

kamish
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APA

kashim. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kashim

MLA

“kashim.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kashim. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kashim,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kashim.

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