Meanings
nounsagamité (countable and uncountable, plural sagamités)
plural sagamités · alternative sagamite
- countableuncountableHulled Indian corn, or a stew made of this.
Origin
- Canadian Frenchsagamité
- Englishsagamité
Borrowed from Canadian French sagamité, from an Algonquian language; compare Cree ᑭᓵᑲᒥᑌᐚᐳᕀ (kisaakamitewaapoy, “hot water”).
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APA
sagamité. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sagamit%C3%A9
MLA
“sagamité.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sagamit%C3%A9. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sagamité,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sagamit%C3%A9.
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