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  • noun A kashim.

Etymologies

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From a Yupik language term qasgiq.

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Examples

  • Masked dancing traditionally took place during the long Alaskan winter in the qasgiq or communal men's house.

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  • Masked dancing traditionally took place during the long Alaskan winter in the qasgiq or communal men's house.

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  • Just then, a man from the village came out of the qasgiq and heard weeping.

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  • He carried her into the qasgiq, but they kept rising off the floorboards.

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  • Yup'ik Paul John of Nelson Island recalled stories about a strange noise coming from outside the qasgiq (communal men's house).

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