Abenaki

Alternative forms

• temakwa, demakwa

Noun

tmakwa ‎(animate, plural tmakwak)

1. 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.

Derived terms

• tmakwaiia (beaver-meat)

Synonyms

• abagôlo
• amiskw
• awadnakwazid