256: powwow Aug 21, 2015

Much like the Greek interpretation of non Graeco-Latin languages as the sound 'bar-bar', many European explorers of the Americas did not care much for the true pronunciation, nor even meaning of words. The word 'powwow' in English means "a conference or meeting for discussion, especially among friends or colleagues", but in Narragansett, the word 'powáw' means ‘magician’, more literally it means ‘he dreams’.