Dictionary

pemmican en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɛmɪkən/
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Cree ᐱᒦᐦᑳᐣ (pimiihkaan, “pemmican”), from Cree ᐱᒥᕀ (pimiy, “grease, oil, lard”) + -ᐃᐦᑳᐣ (-ihkaan, “hand made”), from Proto-Algonquian *pemyi.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) A food made from meat which has been dried and beaten into a paste, mixed with berries and rendered fat, and shaped into little patties.
   • "I can butcher a buffalo and make pemmican. I can pitch a tepee and pack it on a horse to move." 1950, Dorothy M. Johnson, Flame on the Frontier; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 27:
   • I tried to eat some pemmican, but my mouth was too dry. 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 239:
2. (archaic, uncountable, usually) A speech or piece of writing that is very condensed, conveying a lot of thought or information in few words.

Forms

Deriveds

pemmicanize

Relateds

jerky

Translations (12)

fi pemmikaani (food mixture) · cr ᐱᒦᐦᑳᐣ (food mixture) · lkt wásna (food mixture) · fr pemmican (food mixture) · io pemikano (food mixture) · sv pemmikan (food mixture) · gl pemmican (food mixture) · paw tápaharus (food mixture) · chy ame (food mixture) · pl pemikan (food mixture) · ru пеммика́н (food mixture) · de Pemmikan (food mixture)