potlatch
pronunciation
How to pronounce potlatch in British English:
UK ['pɒtlætʃ]
How to pronounce potlatch in American English:
US [ 'pɑt,lætʃ]
Word Origin
- potlatch (n.)
- 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."
Example
- 1. Up until now , potlatch to only see in North America and west North America , Melanesia and Papua .
- 2. Once , in British Columbia , raising a pole of this size would have been celebrated with a riotously extravagant potlatch , sometimes lasting several days .