Synonyms for potlatch
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pot-lach |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɒt lætʃ |
Top 10 synonyms for potlatch Other synonyms for the word potlatch
Définition of potlatch
Origin :- 1845, "a gift," from Chinook jargon pot-latch, "a gift," from Nootka (Wakashan) patshatl "giving, gift." Later (1865) in sense "ceremony in which gifts are exchanged."
- As in feast : noun banquet and celebration
- Then he proceeds to invite all his friends, up and down the coast, to a potlatch.
- Extract from : « Jack the Young Canoeman » by George Bird Grinnell
- And that night at Lewis's they gave Howard Eaton a potlatch.
- Extract from : « Through Glacier Park » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Potlatch (Give)konaway (every)sun (day)nesika (our)muckamuck.
- Extract from : « The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 3 » by Hubert Howe Bancroft
- He had just returned from a Government “potlatch” at the Tulalip agency.
- Extract from : « Blazing The Way » by Emily Inez Denny
- We took materials for a potlatch,—leaf-tobacco, rice and sugar.
- Extract from : « Alaska Days with John Muir » by Samuel Hall Young
- Jim was very anxious that I should attend the closing-day of the potlatch.
- Extract from : « Memoirs of Orange Jacobs » by Orange Jacobs
- He sent a large canoe with eight paddle-men to take me to the potlatch.
- Extract from : « Memoirs of Orange Jacobs » by Orange Jacobs
- When he had secured a large accumulation of such things, he gave a potlatch.
- Extract from : « Memoirs of Orange Jacobs » by Orange Jacobs
- Outside the Fort preparations were under way for a potlatch.
- Extract from : « The Faith of Men » by Jack London
- The Potlatch was sentiment, and the Sun-dance was an actual poem.
- Extract from : « The Log School-House on the Columbia » by Hezekiah Butterworth
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