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noun weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians
verb cut with a tomahawk
verb kill with a tomahawk
originFrom an Eastern Algonquian word, most likely Powhatan tumahák; compare also Malecite-Passamaquoddy tomhikon (“axe”), Abenaki temahigan, demahigan (“axe”).
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