kashim

English

Etymology

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

Noun

kashim (plural kashims)

1. A traditional, large, semisubterranean men's communal house, in which communal and ceremonial events are hosted.
   • 1990, Peter Nabokov, Robert Easton, Native American Architecture, page 204:

     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.

Synonyms

• qasgiq, qargi

Anagrams

• Hakims, hakims, kamish