DCHP-2

sagamité sagamite, sagamity, shag(g)amitie, etc. [< Cdn F < Algonk.; cf. Cree kisakumitew it is a hot liquid and Ojibwa kisagamite the broth is hot] DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 1 n.

  a broth or soup of boiled meat, fish, etc.

  • Although the entered form is that derived from Algonkian through Cdn French, the word was undoubtedly borrowed independently by the English traders from the Crees of the Hudson's Bay region. Early spelling variants are numerous. See also further note at def. 2.

• 2 n.

  a kind of porridge made from Indian corn, long associated with the Hurons.

  • Although long in use among the corn-growing Hurons to refer to hominy, or corn porridge, this word originated among the non farming Algonquins, who used it to refer to hot liquid, such as soup or broth. The Hurons may have borrowed it directly from the Algonquin, adapting it to their own purposes; or they may have learned it from the French missionaries, who would in that case have borrowed it from the Algonquins somewhat earlier.