papoose

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pa·poose

(pă-pūs', pə-) pronunciation

n.
A Native American infant or very young child.

[Narragansett papoòs, child.]

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Source: Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx. (Family Berberidaceae).

Common/vernacular names: Blue cohosh, caulophyllum, papoose, squaw root.

Perennial herb with a thick, crooked, and horizontal rhizome, up to 1 m high; grows in eastern North America. Parts used are the dried rhizome and roots.

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For other uses, see Papoose (disambiguation).

A child carrier, especially ones resembling those of Native Americans, is sometimes referred to as a Papoose.

A papoose (from the Algonquian papoos, meaning "child") is an American English loanword whose present meaning is "a Native American Indian child" (regardless of tribe) or, even more generally, any child, usually used as a term of endearment, often in the context of the child's mother. The word came originally from the Narragansett tribe. In 1643 Roger Williams' recorded the word in his A Key Into the Language of America helping to popularize it.^[1]

The term is also used when referring to Cradle boards and other child carriers, which were used by Native American Indians and went by many names. In the United States and the United Kingdom, the term papoose is used to refer to a child carrier. ^[2]

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^ Papoose. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Retrieved December 05, 2008, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Papoose
^ "Papoose Mei Tai "Tie" Baby Carrier (Ivory Straps & Reverse Side)". http://www.amazon.com/Papoose-Carrier-Ivory-Straps-Reverse/dp/B000NGYDTA. Retrieved 2008-12-05. ^{[dead link]}

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - lille indianerbarn, bærekurv

Nederlands (Dutch)
jonge Amerikaanse Indiaan

Français (French)
n. - bébé/enfant Indien d'Amérique du Nord

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kleinkind (bei den nordamerikanischen Indianern)

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - νήπιο ερυθρόδερμου

Italiano (Italian)
bimbo pellirossa

Português (Portuguese)
n. - criança índia norte-americana (f)

Русский (Russian)
индейский ребенок

Español (Spanish)
n. - niño indio (de Norteamérica)

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - baby (litet barn) (Nordam. indianspr.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
幼儿, 婴儿

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 幼兒, 嬰兒

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 어린애, 젖먹이

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 幼児, 赤んぼ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) طفل في لغه الهنود الحمر الأمريكين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תינוק אינדיאני, תינוק, תרמיל לנשיאת תינוק‬

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