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English

Etymology

squaw +? berry

Noun

squawberry (plural squawberries)

1. The bearberry.
2. The partridgeberry.

Synonyms

• (partridge berry): squaw vine

English

Etymology

From Massachusett squàw (“woman”), from Proto-Algonquian *e?kwe·wa (“(young) woman”). Cognate with Abenaki -skwa (“female, wife”), Mohegan-Pequot sqá, Cree iskwew / ????? (iskeyw, “woman”), Ojibwe ikwe (“woman”). In the 1970s, some non-linguists began to claim that the word originally meant "vagina"; this has been discredited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skw??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

squaw (plural squaws)

1. (now offensive, ethnic slur) A woman, wife; especially a Native American woman.

Usage notes

Previously used neutrally, the word began to be used as a term of contempt in the late 1800s; it is now generally considered offensive.

Derived terms

Translations

References

Further reading

• squaw on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From English squaw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skwo/

Noun

squaw f (plural squaws)

1. squaw (not pejorative in French), Native American woman

   Ces chefs, au nombre d'une douzaine, n’avaient point amené leurs femmes, malheureuses « squaws » qui ne s’élèvent guère au-dessus de la condition d’esclaves. (Jules Verne, Le Pays des fourrures, 1873)

Synonyms

• Amérindienne

Further reading

• “squaw” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).