roanoken.

Brit.

/ˈrəʊənəʊk/, U.S.

/ˈroʊəˌnoʊk/

Forms: 1600s rawranoke, 1600s roaneoke, 1600s roanoack, 1600s roanoak, 1600s ronoke, 1600s 1800s roanoake, 1700s roenoke, 1700s– roanoke.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Virginia Algonquian. Etymon: Virginia Algonquian rawrenock.

Etymology: Apparently < Virginia Algonquian rawrenock (1612 in this form; pronounced /raːrənaːwak/) (animate gender), literally ‘ones rubbed smooth by hand’ ( < /raːrən-/ to rub smooth by hand + /-aːw/ (animate gender) that which is + /-ak/, animate plural).

U.S.

White beads of inferior value made from bivalve shells and used for currency and ornament by the Indians of Colonial Virginia.

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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > other mediums of exchange > [noun] > beads

roanoke1615

wampumpeag1627

Indian money1634

wampum1636

peag1638

seawant1701

hiaqua1824

shell-money1851

1615 R. Hamor True Disc. Present Estate Virginia 41 My daughter..I sould..to be wife to a great Weroance for two bushels of Roanoake (a small kinde of beades) made of oystershels, which they vse and passe one to another.

1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia iii. v. 58 Rawranoke or white beads that occasion as much dissention among the..Salvages, as gold and siluer amongst Christians.

1672 W. Talbot tr. J. Lederer Discov. 27 Their currant Coyn of small shells, which they call Roanoack or Peack.

a1692 J. Banister in J. Ewan & N. Ewan J. Banister & Nat. Hist. Virginia (1970) 373 In their ears they hang..a fingers length of smooth Roanoak, which is a kind of bead mony also, about the bigness of a large spangle.

1705 R. Beverley Hist. Virginia iii. i. 4 Upon his Neck, and Wrists, hang Strings of Beads, Peak and Roenoke.

1749 Apol. Life Bampfylde-Moore Carew 44 Before the English came among them, the Peak and Roenoke were all their Treasure; but now they set a Value on their Fur and Pearl.

1809 W. W. Hening Let. 8 July in T. Jefferson Papers (2004) Retirement Ser. I. 334 In one of the old statutes for regulating the coins of the colony, I discovered two species mentioned... They were called ‘Roanoake’ and ‘Wompompeeke’.

1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) Roanoke, Indian shell money; so called in Virginia.

1900 Harper's Mag. Mar. 511 Silver bangles, and ear-bobs, and strings of roanoke.

1944 H. Footner Rivers of E. Shore 137 For currency, the Nanticokes used ‘roanoke’ and ‘peake’, sometimes called ‘wampum-peake’, two kinds of shell... Peake, white in color, was made of cockleshell.

1998 L. Margulis & K. V. Schwartz Five Kingdoms (ed. 3) iii. 293/1 East Coast native Americans drilled ‘roanoke,’ a hard substance used as money, from cockles.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	roanoke
释义	roanoken. Brit. /ˈrəʊənəʊk/, U.S. /ˈroʊəˌnoʊk/ Forms: 1600s rawranoke, 1600s roaneoke, 1600s roanoack, 1600s roanoak, 1600s ronoke, 1600s 1800s roanoake, 1700s roenoke, 1700s– roanoke. Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Virginia Algonquian. Etymon: Virginia Algonquian rawrenock. Etymology: Apparently < Virginia Algonquian rawrenock (1612 in this form; pronounced /raːrənaːwak/) (animate gender), literally ‘ones rubbed smooth by hand’ ( < /raːrən-/ to rub smooth by hand + /-aːw/ (animate gender) that which is + /-ak/, animate plural). U.S. White beads of inferior value made from bivalve shells and used for currency and ornament by the Indians of Colonial Virginia. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > other mediums of exchange > [noun] > beads roanoke1615 wampumpeag1627 Indian money1634 wampum1636 peag1638 seawant1701 hiaqua1824 shell-money1851 1615 R. Hamor True Disc. Present Estate Virginia 41 My daughter..I sould..to be wife to a great Weroance for two bushels of Roanoake (a small kinde of beades) made of oystershels, which they vse and passe one to another. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia iii. v. 58 Rawranoke or white beads that occasion as much dissention among the..Salvages, as gold and siluer amongst Christians. 1672 W. Talbot tr. J. Lederer Discov. 27 Their currant Coyn of small shells, which they call Roanoack or Peack. a1692 J. Banister in J. Ewan & N. Ewan J. Banister & Nat. Hist. Virginia (1970) 373 In their ears they hang..a fingers length of smooth Roanoak, which is a kind of bead mony also, about the bigness of a large spangle. 1705 R. Beverley Hist. Virginia iii. i. 4 Upon his Neck, and Wrists, hang Strings of Beads, Peak and Roenoke. 1749 Apol. Life Bampfylde-Moore Carew 44 Before the English came among them, the Peak and Roenoke were all their Treasure; but now they set a Value on their Fur and Pearl. 1809 W. W. Hening Let. 8 July in T. Jefferson Papers (2004) Retirement Ser. I. 334 In one of the old statutes for regulating the coins of the colony, I discovered two species mentioned... They were called ‘Roanoake’ and ‘Wompompeeke’. 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) Roanoke, Indian shell money; so called in Virginia. 1900 Harper's Mag. Mar. 511 Silver bangles, and ear-bobs, and strings of roanoke. 1944 H. Footner Rivers of E. Shore 137 For currency, the Nanticokes used ‘roanoke’ and ‘peake’, sometimes called ‘wampum-peake’, two kinds of shell... Peake, white in color, was made of cockleshell. 1998 L. Margulis & K. V. Schwartz Five Kingdoms (ed. 3) iii. 293/1 East Coast native Americans drilled ‘roanoke,’ a hard substance used as money, from cockles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1615
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