"meʔtekwa" meaning in All languages combined

See meʔtekwa on Wiktionary

Noun [Proto-Algonquian]

Etymology: Animate counterpart of *meʔtekwi (“stick”). Head templates: {{head|alg-pro|noun}} *meʔtekwa
  1. tree Tags: reconstruction Related terms: meʔtekwa·pyi (english: bow), -a·xkw-
    Sense id: en-meʔtekwa-alg-pro-noun-3Jxe24st Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Algonquian entries with incorrect language header
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "unknown",
          "lang_code": "unm",
          "sense": "he is all over the woods",
          "word": "wemahtekëne"
        },
        {
          "lang": "unknown",
          "lang_code": "unm",
          "sense": "mythical creature (dwarf, leprechaun) that lives in the woods",
          "word": "wemahtekënis"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Munsee",
          "lang_code": "umu",
          "sense": "tree",
          "word": "míhtukw"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Ojibwe",
          "lang_code": "oj",
          "raw_tags": [
            "anim"
          ],
          "sense": "tree",
          "word": "mitig"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Powhatan",
          "lang_code": "pim",
          "word": "meihtucs"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Eastern Algonquian",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Fox",
          "lang_code": "sac",
          "sense": "bow",
          "word": "mehtêha"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Central Algonquian",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Massachusett",
          "lang_code": "wam",
          "word": "muhtugquash"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Narragansett",
          "lang_code": "xnt",
          "word": "mihtuckquash"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Eastern Algonquian",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Animate counterpart of *meʔtekwi (“stick”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "alg-pro",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "*meʔtekwa",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Algonquian",
  "lang_code": "alg-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/meʔtekwa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Algonquian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tree"
      ],
      "id": "en-meʔtekwa-alg-pro-noun-3Jxe24st",
      "links": [
        [
          "tree",
          "tree"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "english": "bow",
          "translation": "bow",
          "word": "meʔtekwa·pyi"
        },
        {
          "word": "-a·xkw-"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "meʔtekwa"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "unknown",
          "lang_code": "unm",
          "sense": "he is all over the woods",
          "word": "wemahtekëne"
        },
        {
          "lang": "unknown",
          "lang_code": "unm",
          "sense": "mythical creature (dwarf, leprechaun) that lives in the woods",
          "word": "wemahtekënis"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Munsee",
          "lang_code": "umu",
          "sense": "tree",
          "word": "míhtukw"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Ojibwe",
          "lang_code": "oj",
          "raw_tags": [
            "anim"
          ],
          "sense": "tree",
          "word": "mitig"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Powhatan",
          "lang_code": "pim",
          "word": "meihtucs"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Eastern Algonquian",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Fox",
          "lang_code": "sac",
          "sense": "bow",
          "word": "mehtêha"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Central Algonquian",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Massachusett",
          "lang_code": "wam",
          "word": "muhtugquash"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Narragansett",
          "lang_code": "xnt",
          "word": "mihtuckquash"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Eastern Algonquian",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Animate counterpart of *meʔtekwi (“stick”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "alg-pro",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "*meʔtekwa",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Algonquian",
  "lang_code": "alg-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/meʔtekwa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "bow",
      "translation": "bow",
      "word": "meʔtekwa·pyi"
    },
    {
      "word": "-a·xkw-"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Algonquian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Algonquian lemmas",
        "Proto-Algonquian nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tree"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tree",
          "tree"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "meʔtekwa"
}

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