pemmican
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Etymology[edit]
From Cree ᐱᒦᐦᑳᐣ (pimiihkaan, “pemmican”), from Cree ᐱᒥᕀ (pimiy, “grease, oil, lard”) + -ᐃᐦᑳᐣ (-ihkaan, “hand made”), from Proto-Algonquian *pemyi.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pemmican (usually uncountable, plural pemmicans)
- A food made from meat which has been dried and beaten into a paste, mixed with berries and rendered fat, and shaped into little patties. [from 18th c.]
- 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 239:
- I tried to eat some pemmican, but my mouth was too dry.
- (now rare) A speech or piece of writing that is very condensed, conveying a lot of thought or information in few words. [from 19th c.]
Translations[edit]
food mixture
See also[edit]
French[edit]
Noun[edit]
pemmican m (plural pemmicans)
Further reading[edit]
- “pemmican”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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