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{
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"etymology_text": "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.\nThe 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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{
"word": "squawberry"
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{
"word": "squaw bush"
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{
"word": "squawbush"
},
{
"word": "squaw candy"
},
{
"word": "squaw carpet"
},
{
"word": "squawdom"
},
{
"word": "squaw dress"
},
{
"word": "squawfish"
},
{
"word": "squaw flower"
},
{
"word": "squaw huckleberry"
},
{
"word": "squaw man"
},
{
"word": "squaw mint"
},
{
"word": "squawroot#"
},
{
"word": "squaw tea"
},
{
"word": "Squaw Valley"
},
{
"word": "squaw vine"
},
{
"word": "squawweed"
},
{
"word": "squaw winter"
}
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"feminine"
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{
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{
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},
{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
"word": "squawroot#"
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{
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},
{
"word": "Squaw Valley"
},
{
"word": "squaw vine"
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{
"word": "squawweed"
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{
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{
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"3": "",
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"3": "",
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},
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"English terms derived from Proto-Algonquian",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"Rhymes:English/ɔː",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "indianka",
"sense": "a woman, wife; especially a Native American woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "индианка"
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"sense": "a woman, wife; especially a Native American woman",
"word": "skvo"
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"sense": "a woman, wife; especially a Native American woman",
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "a woman, wife; especially a Native American woman",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
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"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "a woman, wife; especially a Native American woman",
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"feminine"
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}
],
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"msg": "Translation too long compared to word, so it is skipped",
"path": [
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