squaw
English
/skwɔː/
noun
Definitions
- (now) A woman, wife; especially a Native American woman.
Etymology
Borrowed from Massachusett squàw (woman) derived from Proto-Algonquian *eθkwe·wa (woman).
Origin
Proto-Algonquian
*eθkwe·wa
Gloss
woman
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
女
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- berry English
- bush English
- fish English
- mint English
- old English
- oldsquaw English
- root English
- squaw mint English
- squaw vine English
- squawberry English
- squawbush English
- squawfish English
- squawlike English
- squawroot English
- squawweed English
- vine English
- weed English
- ikwe Ojibwa
- ikwewag Ojibwa
- ikwewan Ojibwa
- *eθkwe·wa Proto-Algonquian
- ᐃᐢᐠᐍᐤ Cree
- ᐃᔅᒃᐌᐤ Cree
- xkwe Unami
- oxkweew Munsee
- sqá Mohegan-Pequot
- squàw Massachusett
- ihkwêwa Fox
- kwe' Potawatomi
- hē'e Cheyenne