Mohawk

Mohawk

See also: mohawk

English

Mohawk Valley and River

Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant), Mohawk leader and British military officer during the American Revolution

Mohawk hairstyle

Etymology

From 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoʊhɔːk/

Noun

Mohawk (plural Mohawks or Mohawk) (either plural for the indigenous people; plural "Mohawks" in all other senses)

1. 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.
2. 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.

   Synonyms: mohawk, Iroquois, (UK, Australia) Mohican

3. (historical) A member of a gang (the Mohocks) that terrorized London in the early 18th century.

Derived terms

• (hairstyle): brohawk, dreadhawk, fauxhawk, frohawk

Translations

• (indigenous person): Note: These are translations for the plural.

indigenous people of North America

Marathi: मोहॉक f (mohŏk) Mohawk: Kanien'kehá:ka Portuguese: moicano (pt) Russian: мохок (moxok), могаук (mogauk), мохавк (moxavk), могавк (mogavk)

hairstyle

Arabic: مُوهُوك‎ (mōhōk) Armenian: մոհաք (mohakʿ) Bavarian: Irokesenschnitt m, Iro m Chinese: Mandarin: 雞冠頭／鸡冠头 (jīguāntóu), 莫西干 (mòxīgàn) Czech: číro, čerokýz Danish: hanekam Dutch: hanenkam (nl) m Finnish: irokeesikampaus, irokeesitukka, irokeesi (fi), mohikaanikampaus (fi) French: crête iroquoise (fr) f German: Irokesenschnitt m, Iro m (colloquial/slang) Icelandic: hanakambur (is) m Italian: moicana f, mohawk Japanese: モヒカン刈り (mohikan-gari) Marathi: मोहॉक f (mohŏk) Norwegian: hanekam Polish: irokez (pl) m Portuguese: moicano (pt) m Russian: ироке́з (ru) m (irokéz) Silesian: irokez Slovak: číro, čerokýz Spanish: cresta (es) f, mohawk m, mohicano m, iro m Swedish: tuppkam (sv) Tamil: மொஹாக் (mohāk) Ukrainian: іроке́з m (irokéz)

Proper noun

Mohawk

1. The Iroquoian language spoken by these North American indigenous people.
2. Mohawk River, the largest tributary of the Hudson River, New York.

Translations

Iroquoian language

Dutch: Mohawk (nl) n Marathi: मोहॉक f (mohŏk) Mohawk: Kanien’kéha Russian: могаукский (mogaukskij), могаук (mogauk), мохок (moxok), мохаук (moxauk), мохавк (moxavk) Swedish: mohawk (sv) c Yiddish: מויהאַקיש‎ n (moyhakish)

References

1. Roger Williams (1643) A Key into the Language of America, London: Gregory Dexter, OCLC 41412195, page 16

Further reading

• 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 ⁠

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Dutch

Etymology

From Narragansett Muh-heck.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Mohawk

1. The Mohawk people
2. The Mohawk language