The common name originally may have been spelled "chitmunk," from the native Odawa word jidmoonh, meaning "red squirrel". The earliest form cited in the Oxford English Dictionary is "chipmonk," however, "chipmunk" appears in several books from the 1820s and 1830s.
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β 10y agoThe word "chipmunk" comes from the Ojibwe word "ajidamoo," which means "one who descends trees headlong." This word was later adapted by the English language to become the word "chipmunk" as we know it today.
No, chipmunk is not a European word. Chipmunks are native to North America and the word comes from the Ojibwe language, a Native American language spoken in the Great Lakes region.
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Yes, a chipmunk has a jaw.
There are 25 different species of chipmunks, including the eastern chipmunk, the least chipmunk, and the yellow-pine chipmunk.
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Chipmunk is a British rapper from Tottenham, London.
No.
London.
The word for chipmunk in Russian is Π±ΡΡΡΠ½Π΄ΡΠΊ (burunduk).
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No, chipmunk is not a European word. Chipmunks are native to North America and the word comes from the Ojibwe language, a Native American language spoken in the Great Lakes region.
No. It is Native American
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Gilhari is the Hindi word for chipmunk.
ANSWERchousenshimarisu (挑戦シマリス): Korean chipmunk (Tamias sibiricus barberi)ezoshimarisu (蝦夷シマリス): Tamias sibiricus lineatus (subspecies of Siberian chipmunk native to Hokkaido)shiberiashimarisu (シベリアシマリス): Siberian chipmunk (Tamias sibiricus)shimarisu (シマリス): chipmunktoubushimarisu (東部シマリス): eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus)ANSWERSince the chipmunk wasn't all too well-known in Asia, they use the Katakana script to write chipmunk just like they would write any other Roman word that they themselves have no word for.Answer: In some parts of Japan, the word "Chipmunk" is spoken as "Chi - pu - mun - ku" - CHIPUMUNKU. e.g Suemunku
If my memory serves me right it is a Native American word.
It comes from a (native) American word.