Definition
A newcomer or inexperienced person, especially someone newly arrived in Alaska or the Yukon during the gold rush era.
Etymology
From Chinook Jargon 'chechako,' meaning 'newcomer' or 'tenderfoot.' Chinook Jargon was a pidgin used in Pacific Northwest trade, blending English, French, and Native American languages. The term became especially common during the Alaskan gold rush (1890s).
Kelly Says
Chechako is a beautiful word from Chinook Jargon—a trade language that let English trappers, French fur traders, and Native peoples communicate. It captured the exact social experience of the gold rush: being a green newcomer in a harsh landscape. Most Chinook Jargon words are forgotten, but chechako survived.
Translations
ARالعربية
تشا تشاكو
tash-a-tash-ak-o
BNবাংলা
চেচাখো
che-cha-kho
CACatalà
chechako
che-cha-koh
CSČeština
chechako
che-cha-koh
DADansk
chechako
che-cha-koh
DEDeutsch
Chechako
che-cha-koh
ELΕλληνικά
χηχάκο
hee-cha-koh
ESEspañol
chechako
che-cha-koh
FAفارسی
چِچاکو
che-cha-koh
FISuomi
chechako
che-cha-koh
FRFrançais
chechako
she-cha-koh
HAHA
chechako
che-cha-koh
HEעברית
צ'צ'אקו
t't'cha-koh
HIहिन्दी
चेचाको
che-cha-koh
HUMagyar
chechako
che-cha-koh
IDBahasa Indonesia
chechako
che-cha-koh
IGIG
chechako
che-cha-koh
ITItaliano
chechako
che-cha-koh
MSBahasa Melayu
chechako
che-cha-koh
MYမြန်မာ
ချဲချဲကို
che-che-koh
NLNederlands
chechako
che-cha-koh
NONorsk
chechako
che-cha-koh
PLPolski
chechako
che-cha-koh
PTPortuguês
chechako
che-cha-koh
RORomână
chechako
che-cha-koh
RUРусский
чечако
che-cha-koh
SVSvenska
chechako
che-cha-koh
SWKiswahili
chechako
che-cha-koh
TAதமிழ்
செச்சாக்கோ
se-cha-kko
TEతెలుగు
చెచ్చాకో
che-tcha-koh
TLTL
chechako
che-cha-koh
TRTürkçe
chechako
che-cha-koh
UKУкраїнська
чечако
che-cha-koh
URاردو
چِچَکُو
che-cha-ku
VITiếng Việt
chechako
che-cha-koh
YOYO
chechako
che-cha-koh
ZUZU
chechako
che-cha-koh