squaw

Bedeutung (Englisch)

A woman, wife; especially a Native American woman.

Übersetzungen

ινδιάνα

زَوجة

dona pell-roja

γυναίκα

κυρία

σύζυγος

η σύζυγος

Frequenz

25k
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/skwɔː/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Massachusett squàw (“woman”), from Proto-Algonquian *eθkwe·wa (“(young) woman”). Cognate with Abenaki -skwa (“female, wife”), Mohegan-Pequot sqá, Cree iskwew / ᐃᐢᑫᐧᐤ (iskeyw, “woman”), Ojibwe ikwe (“woman”). In the 1970s, some non-linguists began to claim that the word originally meant "vagina"; this has been discredited. The first recorded version of the word was found in a book called Mourt’s Relation: A Journey of the Pilgrims at Plymouth written in 1622. The term was not used in a derogatory fashion but spoke of the “squa sachim or Massachusets Queen” in the September 20, 1621 journal entry.

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