Mohawk
See also: mohawk
English
editThayendanegea (Joseph Brant), Mohawk leader and British military officer during the American Revolution
Etymology
editFrom Dutch Mohawk. An exonym, probably from Narragansett Mohowaúgsuck, Mauquàuog, meaning “they eat (animate things)”, “cannibals”.[1] The phoneme /m/ is not present in the Mohawk language; the Mohawk autonym is Kanien'kehá:ka (Kanienkehaka, Kanyenkehaka).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editMohawk (plural Mohawks or Mohawk) (either plural for the indigenous people; plural "Mohawks" in all other senses)
- A member of an indigenous people of North America originally from the Mohawk Valley in upstate New York to southern Quebec and eastern Ontario, the easternmost of the Iroquois Five Nations.
- A hairstyle where both sides are shaved, with the hair along the crest of the head kept long, and usually styled so as to stand straight up.
- (historical) A member of a gang (the Mohocks) that terrorized London in the early 18th century.
Derived terms
editTranslations
edit- (indigenous person): Note: These are translations for the plural.
indigenous people of North America
hairstyle
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Proper noun
editMohawk
- The Iroquoian language spoken by these North American indigenous people.
- Mohawk River, the largest tributary of the Hudson River, New York.
Translations
editIroquoian language
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Roger Williams (1643) A Key into the Language of America, London: Gregory Dexter, →OCLC, page 16
Further reading
edit- Mohawk people on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Mohawk River on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Mohawk language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Mohawk hairstyle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Ethnologue entry for Mohawk, moh
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Narragansett Muh-heck.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editMohawk
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