tomahawk
Betekenis (Engels)
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- An axe used by Native American warriors, originally made of stone, bone, or antler.
- A dunk performed with one's arm behind one's head.
- A geometric construction consisting of a semicircle and two line segments that serves as a tool for trisecting an angle; so called from its resemblance to the American Indian axe.
- A field hockey shot style that involves a player turning their hockey stick upside-down and swinging it so that its inside edge will come into contact with the ball.
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tomahawk
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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈtɑ.mə.hɔk/
Etymologie (Engels)
From an Eastern Algonquian word, most likely Powhatan tumahák; compare also Malecite-Passamaquoddy tomhikon (“ax”), Abenaki temahigan, demahigan (“ax”).
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