name
Meaning 1
Their Iroquoian language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- “taktsiʼkwáni” is Oneida for “kiss me”.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Ukwehuwehnéha
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Oneida
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/oʊˈnaɪdə/
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rhymes with -aɪdə
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CMU ARPABET: OW0 N AY1 D AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A lake and river in New York.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 3
A city in Madison County, New York.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A member of a tribe of Native Americans formerly inhabiting the region near Oneida Lake in New York, now often found in modern New York, Wisconsin, or Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
the Iroquoian language spoken by the Oneida
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Iroquoian, Iroquois, Iroquoian language
noun
Meaning 6
a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Iroquois
History
Etymology
Derived from Oneida Onyota'a꞉ka (“men of upright stones”); also spelled Onʌyoteˀa·ká·.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: oneida — Iroquoian language of the Oneida
- Oneida: Ukwehuwehnéha — Iroquoian language of the Oneida
- Spanish: oneida — Iroquoian language of the Oneida