Tomahawk — Sm Kriegsbeil per. Wortschatz exot. (19. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. tomahawk, dieses aus der nordamerikanischen Indianersprache Algonkin tomahak. Ebenso nndl. tomahawk, ne. tomahawk, nfrz. tomahawk, nschw. tomahawk, nnorw. tomahawk. ✎… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
tomahawk — s.n. Armă de luptă (în formă de măciucă, apoi de topor) folosită de indienii din America. [pr.: tómăhoc] – cuv. engl. Trimis de LauraGellner, 28.06.2004. Sursa: DEX 98 TOMAHAWK [pr.: tómăhauc] n. Secure mică (de piatră şlefuită sau de fier)… … Dicționar Român
Tomahawk — Tomahawk, WI U.S. city in Wisconsin Population (2000): 3770 Housing Units (2000): 1696 Land area (2000): 7.438294 sq. miles (19.265092 sq. km) Water area (2000): 1.399116 sq. miles (3.623694 sq. km) Total area (2000): 8.837410 sq. miles… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Tomahawk, WI — U.S. city in Wisconsin Population (2000): 3770 Housing Units (2000): 1696 Land area (2000): 7.438294 sq. miles (19.265092 sq. km) Water area (2000): 1.399116 sq. miles (3.623694 sq. km) Total area (2000): 8.837410 sq. miles (22.888786 sq. km)… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
tomahawk — ☆ tomahawk [täm′ə hôk΄ ] n. [Virginia (Algonquian) tamahaac, lit., tool for cutting off] a light ax, typically having a stone or bone head, used by North American Indians as a tool and a weapon vt. to hit, cut, or kill with a tomahawk bury the… … English World dictionary
Tomahawk — Tom a*hawk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tomahawked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tomahawking}.] To cut, strike, or kill, with a tomahawk. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tomahawk — ► NOUN 1) a light axe formerly used as a tool or weapon by American Indians. 2) Austral./NZ a hatchet. ► VERB ▪ strike or cut with a tomahawk. ORIGIN from an Algonquian language … English terms dictionary
Tomahawk — Tom a*hawk, n. [Of American Indian origin; cf. Algonkin tomehagen, Mohegan tumnahegan, Delaware tamoihecan.] A kind of war hatchet used by the American Indians. It was originally made of stone, but afterwards of iron. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tomahawk — Tomahawk, die Streitaxt der nordamerikanischen Indianer; an einem langen Stiel ist ein dicker Knopf befestigt, an welchem eine seitwärts gehende kleinere u. eine vorwärts gehende längere Spitze herausragt; er wird mit allerlei Zierrath, als… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Tomahawk — (spr. haok), die Streitaxt der nordamerikan. Indianer (s. Tafel »Indianische Kultur I«, Fig. 7), daher den T. (das Symbol des Krieges) begraben, soviel wie Frieden halten … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
