skunk

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Etymology tree Proto-Algonquian *šek- Proto-Algonquian *-a·kw- Proto-Algonquian *-a Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa Eastern Algonquianbor. English skunk Borrowed from an unattested Southern New England Eastern Algonquian word cognate with Abenaki segôgw (literally “he who squirts (musk) / urinates”), from Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa, from *šek- (“to urinate”). Doublet of Chicago.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kenH- Proto-Germanic *skinþąder. Middle English skyn English skin substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Germanic *haubudą Old English hēafod Middle English heed English head English skinhead English punk blend ▲ English skunkinflu. English skunk Blend of skinhead + punk, influenced by the animal (Etymology 1).

From skunkweed (“certain highly aromatic marijuana”).

180 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abenaki: segôgw — animal
• Albanian: qelbës — animal
• Algonquin: cigàg — animal
• Plains Apache: dookats’į́łtshesá — animal
• Western Apache: golízhi — animal
• Arabic: ظَرِبَان (ẓaribān) — animal
• Arabic: ظِرْبان (ḍirbān) — animal
• Arapaho: xoo — animal
• Arapaho: xou — animal
• Arikara: niWIt — animal
• Armenian: սկունս (skuns) — animal
• Armenian: ժանտաքիս (žantakʻis) — animal
• Atakapa: šikitiš — animal
• Aymara: añuthaya — animal
• Azerbaijani: skuns — animal
• Azerbaijani: iyverən porsuq — animal
• Azerbaijani: qoxarca — animal
• Basque: mofeta — animal
• Belarusian: скунс (skuns) — animal
• Breton: skoñs — animal
• Bulgarian: скункс (skunks) — animal
• Carrier: hoonliz — animal
• Catalan: mofeta — animal
• Cebuano: milô — animal
• Cherokee: ᏗᎵ (dili) — animal
• Cherokee: ᏗᎳ (dila) — animal
• Cheyenne: xāō'o — animal
• Chickasaw: koni — animal
• Chinese Cantonese: 臭鼬 (cau3 jau6) — animal
• Chinese Mandarin: 臭鼬 (chòuyòu) — animal
• Chitimacha: kištˀeˀe — animal
• Choctaw: konih — animal
• Comanche: pohniʔatsi̱ — animal
• Cree: ᓯᑳᐠ (sikaak) — animal
• Creek: kono — animal
• Czech: skunk — animal
• Danish: skunk — animal
• Danish: stinkdyr — animal
• Dogrib: nǫtsı̨ — animal
• Dutch: stinkdier — animal
• Erzya: чинебача (činebača) — animal
• Esperanto: mefito — animal
• Estonian: skunk — animal
• Estonian: vinukloom — animal
• Faroese: stinkdýr — animal
• Finnish: haisunäätä — animal
• Finnish: skunkki — animal
• Fox: shekâkwa — animal
• French: mouffette — animal
• French: sconse — animal
• French: putois — animal
• Galician: mofeta — animal
• Georgian: სკუნსი (sḳunsi) — animal
• Georgian: მყრალა (mq̇rala) — animal
• German: Stinktier — animal
• German: Skunk — animal
• Greek: μεφίτιδα (mefítida) — animal
• Greek: αγριοκούναβο (agriokoúnavo) — animal
• Gros Ventre: θouu — animal
• Hawaiian: ponī — animal
• Hebrew: בּוֹאֵשׁ (boésh) — animal
• Hindi: स्कंक (skaṅk) — animal
• Hungarian: bűzösborz — animal
• Icelandic: skunkur — animal
• Ido: mofeto — animal
• Indonesian: sigung — animal
• Ineseño: taxama — animal
• Interlingua: moffetta — animal
• Interlingua: skunk — animal
• Irish: scúnc — animal
• Italian: moffetta — animal
• Italian: puzzola — animal
• Japanese: スカンク (sukanku) — animal
• Kazakh: сасықиісті (sasyqiıstı) — animal
• Kickapoo: sekaakwa — animal
• Korean: 스컹크 (seukeongkeu) — animal
• Kyrgyz: сасык кашкулак (sasık kaşkulak) — animal
• Lakota: maká — animal
• Lao: ພຽງພອນເຫມັນ (phīang phǭn men) — animal
• Lao: ແມວຂົ້ວໂລກ (mǣu khūa lōk) — animal
• Lao: ມູເຟັດ (mū fet) — animal
• Lao: ສະກັງ (sa kang) — animal
• Latvian: skunkss — animal
• Lithuanian: skunkas — animal
• Macedonian: твор (tvor) — animal
• Malay: skunk — animal
• Manx: breinnag — animal
• Maricopa: milxwe — animal
• Ayautla Mazatec: tjiuxikja — animal
• San Jerónimo Tecóatl Mazatec: xíkjá — animal
• Menominee: seka·k — animal
• Miami: šikaakwa — animal
• Mi'kmaq: apigjilu — animal
• Mi'kmaq: apugjilu — animal
• Mingrelian: სკუნსი (sḳunsi) — animal
• Mohegan-Pequot: skôks — animal
• Mongolian: өмхий хүрэн (ömxii xüren) — animal
• Nahuatl: epatl — animal
• Nahuatl: yepatl — animal
• Nanticoke: laa!waa!quepuss — animal
• Natchez: šic — animal
• Navajo: gólízhii — animal
• Nawathinehena: saoθ — animal
• Neapolitan: cajorda — animal
• Norwegian: skunk — animal
• Norwegian: stinkdyr — animal
• Obispeño: tqema — animal
• Occitan: mofeta — animal
• Southern Ohlone: yaawi — animal
• Western Ojibwa: sikāk — animal
• Ojibwe: zhigaag — animal
• Old Tupi: sarigûeîa — animal
• Old Tupi: sarigûé — animal
• Pashto: ژګاګ (žigâg) — animal
• Pawnee: riwit — animal
• Persian: راسو — animal
• Polish: skunks — animal
• Kashaya: nupheˑ — animal
• Portuguese: cangambá — animal
• Portuguese: gambá — animal
• Portuguese: doninha-fedorenta — animal
• Quapaw: mą́ka — animal
• Quechua: añas — animal
• Romanian: sconcs — animal
• Romansh: scunc — animal
• Russian: скунс (skuns) — animal
• Russian: воню́чка (vonjúčka) — animal
• Salinan: šowá — animal
• Serbo-Croatian: твор — animal
• Serbo-Croatian: tvor — animal
• Seri: sliitxcoj — animal
• Shona: chidembo — animal
• Shuswap: sts̓ípeq — animal
• Slovak: skunk — animal
• Slovene: dihur — animal
• Spanish: mofeta — animal
• Spanish: zorro hediondo — animal
• Spanish: zorrillo — animal
• Spanish: zorrino — animal
• Spanish: chingue — animal
• Spanish: yaguané — animal
• Spanish: añás — animal
• Spanish: mapuro — animal
• Spanish: yaguré — animal
• Swahili: kinyegere — animal
• Swedish: skunk — animal
• Swedish: stinkdjur — animal
• Taos: kùylulúna — animal
• Tatar: ала көзән (ala közän) — animal
• Teribe: ga — animal
• Thai: สกังก์ (sà-gáng) — animal
• Tibetan: ཏེ་ལོ (te lo) — animal
• Turkish: kokarca — animal
• Ukrainian: скунс (skuns) — animal
• Unami: shkakw — animal
• Uyghur: سېسىق كۈزەن (sësiq küzen) — animal
• Uzbek: kokarca — animal
• Uzbek: skuns — animal
• Uzbek: sassiq koʻzani — animal
• Ventureño: taxama — animal
• Vietnamese: chồn hôi — animal
• Welsh: drewgi — animal
• Wolof: jab bi — animal
• Yiddish: טכויר (tkhoyr) — animal
• Buena Vista Yokuts: tsox — animal
• Southern Valley Yokuts: cox — animal
• Isthmus Zapotec: beʼteʼ — animal
• Zazaki: boyınce — animal
• Zazaki: boyğanık — animal
• Finnish: hylkiö — despicable person
• French: salaud — despicable person
• French: mufle — despicable person
• French: canaille — despicable person
• Polish: śmierdziel — despicable person
• Portuguese: camelo — despicable person
• Russian: подле́ц (podléc) — despicable person
• Russian: негодя́й (negodjáj) — despicable person
• Russian: мерза́вец (merzávec) — despicable person
• Finnish: murskavoitto — walkover victory
• Italian: cappotto — walkover victory