Mohawk en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈmoʊhɔːk/
- (US) audio
Etymology
From Dutch Mohawk. An exonym, probably from Narragansett Mohowaúgsuck, Mauquàuog, meaning “they eat (animate things)”, “cannibals”. The phoneme /m/ is not present in the Mohawk language; the Mohawk autonym is Kanienʼkehá꞉kaʼ (Kanienkehaka, Kanyenkehaka).
Meanings
- 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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohawks | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| "Mohawks" in all other senses | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| Mohawk | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
frohawk · fauxhawk · dreadhawk · Mohawkism · brohawk · deathhawk
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Translations (46)
nl hanenkam (hairstyle) · szl irokez (hairstyle) · moh Kanienʼkehá꞉kaʼ (indigenous people of North America) · ru ироке́з (hairstyle) · sk čerokýz (hairstyle) · fi irokeesikampaus (hairstyle) · es mohawk (hairstyle) · fr crête iroquoise (hairstyle) · ru мохок (indigenous people of North America) · it cresta (hairstyle) · hy մոհաք (hairstyle) · cs čerokýz (hairstyle) · ta மொஹாக் (hairstyle) · is hanakambur (hairstyle) · da hanekam (hairstyle) · fi irokeesi (hairstyle) · uk іроке́з (hairstyle) · cmn 莫西干 (hairstyle) · cmn 雞冠頭 /鸡冠头 (hairstyle) · cmn 莫霍克人 (indigenous people of North America) · ja モヒカン刈り (hairstyle) · fi mohikaanikampaus (hairstyle) · pt moicano (indigenous people of North America) · mr मोहॉक (hairstyle) · bar Iro (hairstyle) · ar مُوهُوك (hairstyle) · mr मोहॉक (indigenous people of North America) · ru могавк (indigenous people of North America) · de Iro (hairstyle) · es iro (hairstyle) · fi irokeesitukka (hairstyle) · sk číro (hairstyle) · it mohawk (hairstyle) · es mohicano (hairstyle) · bar Irokesenschnitt (hairstyle) · sv tuppkam (hairstyle) · es cresta (hairstyle) · unm pëskoshasit (indigenous people of North America) · ru мохавк (indigenous people of North America) · it moicana (hairstyle) · pt moicano (hairstyle) · no hanekam (hairstyle) · de Irokesenschnitt (hairstyle) · ru могаук (indigenous people of North America) · pl irokez (hairstyle) · cs číro (hairstyle)