Kanienkehaka

See also: Kanien'kehá:ka

English

Etymology

From Mohawk Kanien'kehá:ka, the autonym (name for themselves).

Noun

Kanienkehaka pl (plural only)

1. The Mohawk people.
   • 2011, Harry Swain, Oka: A Political Crisis and Its Legacy, page xii:

     Tribal names are less contentious, though the word “tribe” itself is used principally in the United States. The Mohawk people, or Kanienkehaka (Kanien'kehá:ka), meaning “people of the flint,” are properly understood as the easternmost of the Six Nations […]

Proper noun

Kanienkehaka

1. The Mohawk language.