Squash
The vegetable of a variety of plants "of the genus Cucurbita, having fleshy edible fruit with a leathery rind and unisexual flowers."
Etymology: alteration of Narragansett askútasquash. [AHD]
Words of Native American origin include:
Algonquian:
- hickory hominy moccasin opossum pone racoon tamarack terrapin tomahawk wanican
- manitou — the supernatural power that permeates the world
- sachem — a chief
Ojibwa:
- chipmunk
- totem < nindodem "my totem"
Sioux:
- tepee
Cree:
- pemmican — trail mix or emergency rations made of meat and dried fruit
Narragansett:
- succotash
- papoose
- powwow
- quahog
- squash
Navajo:
- hogan
Hopi:
- kachina — a supernatural being or masked impersonator of a supernatural being
- kiva — an underground council chamber
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