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Iroquois en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈɪɹ.ə.kwɔɪ/
• /ˈɪɹ.ə.kɔɪ/
• /ˈɪɹ.ə.kwɑː/ (Canada)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Attested in American English since the 1660s, from French Iroquois, Hiroquois (attested since the early 1600s). The ultimate origin is uncertain. theories Missionary Charles Arnaud derived it from Montagnais irno-kué (“terrible people”). Linguist Gordon Day notes that though no form irno "person" is attested, one is plausible (given iriniou and ilnu), but application to a non-Montagnais is unlikely, and kué is too short: the root is kwet-. Day finds support for a longer form kwedɛč ("an Iroquois", lit. "terrible, frightening person") in Pacifique's Micmac grammar, in "goetètjg", and sees "fairly good indications that the name [i.e. kwedɛč] was an ancient one for Iroquoian peoples generally", but then "irno kwedɛč" would awkwardly mean "a person, an Iroquois", which could not have been a usual term. Day theorizes the awkward phrase may nonetheless have been uttered by some interpreter and used thereafter by the unaware French, or alternatively the Montagnais may have borrowed an Iroquoian autonym whereafter Montagnais folk-etymologizers adapted it to resemble those words; for example, Mohawk i-ih rongwe (“man”) would have entered Montagnais as /iːrohkwe/. (Some earlier scholars proposed that an Iroquoian term like the Mohawk term was the direct etymon of the French.) Linguist Peter Bakker alternatively proposes that the etymon is a Basque pidgin word (h)ilokoa "killers" (mirroring Algonquian names for the Iroquois), from hil (“to kill”) and a suffix -koa (“those of”) which may be the source of some other tribal names ending in -quois. Hilokoa, as Brad Loewen notes, is ungrammatical in standard Basque (Loewen suggests irikoa (“those of the walled town”) as an alternative etymon).

Meanings

1. Of or pertaining to the Iroquois confederacy, its people, language, or culture.

Deriveds

Iroquois Falls · Iroquois League · Iroquoia · Iroquois County

Relateds

Haudenosaunee · Ganonsyoni

Synonyms

Iroquese

Translations (9)

ru ирокезский (of or pertaining to the Iroquois) · pt iroquês (of or pertaining to the Iroquois) · ca iroquès (of or pertaining to the Iroquois) · fr iroquois (of or pertaining to the Iroquois) · it irochese (of or pertaining to the Iroquois) · pl irokeski (of or pertaining to the Iroquois) · de irokesisch (of or pertaining to the Iroquois) · ro irochez (of or pertaining to the Iroquois) · cs irokézský (of or pertaining to the Iroquois)

Iroquois en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɪɹ.ə.kwɔɪ/
• /ˈɪɹ.ə.kɔɪ/
• /ˈɪɹ.ə.kwɑː/ (Canada)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Attested in American English since the 1660s, from French Iroquois, Hiroquois (attested since the early 1600s). The ultimate origin is uncertain. theories Missionary Charles Arnaud derived it from Montagnais irno-kué (“terrible people”). Linguist Gordon Day notes that though no form irno "person" is attested, one is plausible (given iriniou and ilnu), but application to a non-Montagnais is unlikely, and kué is too short: the root is kwet-. Day finds support for a longer form kwedɛč ("an Iroquois", lit. "terrible, frightening person") in Pacifique's Micmac grammar, in "goetètjg", and sees "fairly good indications that the name [i.e. kwedɛč] was an ancient one for Iroquoian peoples generally", but then "irno kwedɛč" would awkwardly mean "a person, an Iroquois", which could not have been a usual term. Day theorizes the awkward phrase may nonetheless have been uttered by some interpreter and used thereafter by the unaware French, or alternatively the Montagnais may have borrowed an Iroquoian autonym whereafter Montagnais folk-etymologizers adapted it to resemble those words; for example, Mohawk i-ih rongwe (“man”) would have entered Montagnais as /iːrohkwe/. (Some earlier scholars proposed that an Iroquoian term like the Mohawk term was the direct etymon of the French.) Linguist Peter Bakker alternatively proposes that the etymon is a Basque pidgin word (h)ilokoa "killers" (mirroring Algonquian names for the Iroquois), from hil (“to kill”) and a suffix -koa (“those of”) which may be the source of some other tribal names ending in -quois. Hilokoa, as Brad Loewen notes, is ungrammatical in standard Basque (Loewen suggests irikoa (“those of the walled town”) as an alternative etymon).

Meanings

1. A member of a confederacy of (originally) five Native American (Indian) tribes: the Mohawks, the Oneidas, the Onondagas, the Cayugas, and the Senecas.
2. A kind of hairdo where both sides of the head are shaved, leaving only a stripe of hair in the middle.

Forms

Synonyms

Iroquese

Translations (42)

nl Irokees (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · de Irokesin (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · eo irokezo (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · es iroqués (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · stq Irokesen (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · see Hodínöhšö꞉ni꞉h (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · chr ᎠᏂᏅᏓᏪᎩ (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · pl Irokez (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · az irokez (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · cs Irokéz (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · uz irokez (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · fo irokesari (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · ro irochez (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · fr Iroquoise (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · pt iroquês (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · be іраке́з (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · oj naadoweg (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · fi irokeesi (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · ru ироке́з (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · oj naadowe (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · sk Irokéz (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · otw naadwe (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · pot nadwé (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · cmn 易洛魁人 (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · cr nâtawêw (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · fa ایروکوا (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · otw naadweg (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · be іраке́зка (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · unm Opanu (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · tr İrokua (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · pot nadwék (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · pl Irokezka (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · it irochese (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · mr इरोक्वा (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · sk Irokézi (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · tl Irokes (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · moh Rotinonshón꞉ni (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · fr Iroquois (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · fo irokesi (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · pt iroquesa (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · ca iroquès (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe) · de Irokese (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe)

Iroquois en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɪɹ.ə.kwɔɪ/
• /ˈɪɹ.ə.kɔɪ/
• /ˈɪɹ.ə.kwɑː/ (Canada)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Attested in American English since the 1660s, from French Iroquois, Hiroquois (attested since the early 1600s). The ultimate origin is uncertain. theories Missionary Charles Arnaud derived it from Montagnais irno-kué (“terrible people”). Linguist Gordon Day notes that though no form irno "person" is attested, one is plausible (given iriniou and ilnu), but application to a non-Montagnais is unlikely, and kué is too short: the root is kwet-. Day finds support for a longer form kwedɛč ("an Iroquois", lit. "terrible, frightening person") in Pacifique's Micmac grammar, in "goetètjg", and sees "fairly good indications that the name [i.e. kwedɛč] was an ancient one for Iroquoian peoples generally", but then "irno kwedɛč" would awkwardly mean "a person, an Iroquois", which could not have been a usual term. Day theorizes the awkward phrase may nonetheless have been uttered by some interpreter and used thereafter by the unaware French, or alternatively the Montagnais may have borrowed an Iroquoian autonym whereafter Montagnais folk-etymologizers adapted it to resemble those words; for example, Mohawk i-ih rongwe (“man”) would have entered Montagnais as /iːrohkwe/. (Some earlier scholars proposed that an Iroquoian term like the Mohawk term was the direct etymon of the French.) Linguist Peter Bakker alternatively proposes that the etymon is a Basque pidgin word (h)ilokoa "killers" (mirroring Algonquian names for the Iroquois), from hil (“to kill”) and a suffix -koa (“those of”) which may be the source of some other tribal names ending in -quois. Hilokoa, as Brad Loewen notes, is ungrammatical in standard Basque (Loewen suggests irikoa (“those of the walled town”) as an alternative etymon).

Meanings

1. Any of the languages of the Iroquois, belonging to the Iroquoian family of languages.

Translations (12)

mr इरोक्वा (language) · oj naadowemowin (language) · tl Irokes (language) · nl Irokese taal (language) · de irokesische Sprachen (language) · otw Naadwemwin (language) · pt iroquês (language) · pot nadwémwen (language) · fi irokeesikieli (language) · fr iroquois (language) · pl irokeski (language) · ro irocheză (language)