tmakwa
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Abenaki[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tmakwa (animate, plural tmakwak)
- a beaver (literally "tree-cutter": flat-tailed aquatic mammal which gnaws down trees)
- 1884, Joseph Laurent, New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, page 195:
- N’namihô tmakwa.
- I see a beaver.
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- tmakwaiia (“beaver-meat”)