"tmakwa" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Abenaki]

IPA: /tᵊmakʷa/ Forms: tmakwak [plural], temakwa [alternative], demakwa [alternative]
Etymology: Literally "tree-cutter", from tamezô- ("to cut") + a root meaning "tree" (compare temanakw, "broken tree"). The vowel between the first two consonants (t/d and m) is written especially in Eastern Abenaki. Head templates: {{head|abe|noun|animate||plural|tmakwak}} tmakwa (animate, plural tmakwak)
  1. a beaver (literally "tree-cutter": flat-tailed aquatic mammal which gnaws down trees) Tags: animate Synonyms: abagôlo, amiskw, awadnakwazid Derived forms: tmakwaiia (english: beaver-meat)
    Sense id: en-tmakwa-abe-noun-1mtk3sTT Categories (other): Abenaki entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Rodents

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Literally \"tree-cutter\", from tamezô- (\"to cut\") + a root meaning \"tree\" (compare temanakw, \"broken tree\"). The vowel between the first two consonants (t/d and m) is written especially in Eastern Abenaki.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tmakwak",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "temakwa",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demakwa",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
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        "2": "noun",
        "3": "animate",
        "4": "",
        "5": "plural",
        "6": "tmakwak"
      },
      "expansion": "tmakwa (animate, plural tmakwak)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Abenaki",
  "lang_code": "abe",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Abenaki entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "abe",
          "name": "Rodents",
          "orig": "abe:Rodents",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "beaver-meat",
          "word": "tmakwaiia"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I see a beaver.",
          "ref": "1884, Joseph Laurent, New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, page 195:",
          "text": "N’namihô tmakwa.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a beaver (literally \"tree-cutter\": flat-tailed aquatic mammal which gnaws down trees)"
      ],
      "id": "en-tmakwa-abe-noun-1mtk3sTT",
      "links": [
        [
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          "beaver"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "abagôlo"
        },
        {
          "word": "amiskw"
        },
        {
          "word": "awadnakwazid"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "animate"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tᵊmakʷa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tmakwa"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "beaver-meat",
      "word": "tmakwaiia"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally \"tree-cutter\", from tamezô- (\"to cut\") + a root meaning \"tree\" (compare temanakw, \"broken tree\"). The vowel between the first two consonants (t/d and m) is written especially in Eastern Abenaki.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tmakwak",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "temakwa",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demakwa",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
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        "2": "noun",
        "3": "animate",
        "4": "",
        "5": "plural",
        "6": "tmakwak"
      },
      "expansion": "tmakwa (animate, plural tmakwak)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Abenaki",
  "lang_code": "abe",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Abenaki entries with incorrect language header",
        "Abenaki lemmas",
        "Abenaki nouns",
        "Abenaki terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "abe:Rodents"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I see a beaver.",
          "ref": "1884, Joseph Laurent, New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, page 195:",
          "text": "N’namihô tmakwa.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a beaver (literally \"tree-cutter\": flat-tailed aquatic mammal which gnaws down trees)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beaver",
          "beaver"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "animate"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tᵊmakʷa/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "abagôlo"
    },
    {
      "word": "amiskw"
    },
    {
      "word": "awadnakwazid"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tmakwa"
}

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