travois

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• /tɹəˈvɔɪ/
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• /trəvˈwɑː/
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PIE word *tréyes The noun is derived from Michif travawy (IPA(key): /tɹæˈvɔɪ/), from Canadian French travail (“travois”), from French travail, from Middle French travail, from Old French travail (“frame for restraining horses and cattle for medical treatment or shoeing”), from Late Latin tripālium (“torture device consisting of three stakes”), from Latin tripālis (“having, or propped up by, three pales or stakes”) (from tri- (prefix meaning ‘three’) + pālus (“pale, stake”)) + -ium (suffix forming nouns). Doublet of travel and travail. The spelling travois and pronunciations /ˈtɹævwɑ(ː)/, /tɹævˈwɑ/ are probably influenced by French -ois (suffix forming adjectives relating to particular countries, regions, or cities, their associated inhabitant names, and the local languages or dialects). The verb is derived from the noun.

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Blackfoot: manistsí — frame used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land
• Blackfoot: manistsí’sstaan — frame used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land
• Bulgarian: травуа́ (travuá) — frame used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land
• Catalan: travois — frame used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land
• Cheyenne: amėstó'eeseo'o — frame used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land
• Chinese Mandarin: 印第安雪橇 (yìndì'ānxuěqiāo) — frame used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land
• Cree: akotâpân — frame used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land
• Cree: yîkihtawitâpânâsk — frame used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land
• Crow: aláakko — frame used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land
• Danish: travois — frame used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land
• Dutch: travois — frame used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land
• Estonian: aislohisti — frame used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land
• Finnish: purilaat — frame used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land
• French: travois — frame used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land
• West-Frisian: travois — frame used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land
• German: Stangenschleife — frame used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land
• German: Zuggeschir — frame used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land
• Italian: treggia — frame used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land
• Lakota: hupá — frame used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land
• Lakota: hupáwaheyuŋpi — frame used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land
• Latvian: trevojs — frame used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land
• Macedonian: траво́а (travóa) — frame used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land
• Menominee: saqnawāhkosew — frame used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land
• Ojibwe: niswaakodaabaan — frame used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land
• Pawnee: raarukaʼiituʼ — frame used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land
• Russian: травуа́ (travuá) — frame used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land
• Russian: волочня́ (voločnjá) — frame used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land
• Russian: волочу́га (voločúga) — frame used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land
• Russian: воло́ка (volóka) — frame used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land
• Russian: волоку́ша (volokúša) — frame used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land
• Spanish: travois — frame used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land
• Ukrainian: волоку́ша (volokúša) — frame used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land
• Umatilla: sapsanáwas — frame used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land
• Finnish: purilaat — similar piece of equipment used to transport something by dragging; especially a stretcher dragged by a horse, mule, etc., used to transport an ill or injured person
• Finnish: tukkikelkka — sled dragged by a horse or ox to transport logs
• Finnish: kantaa purilailla — (transitive) to transport (someone or something) by means of a travois; (intransitive) to use a travois to transport loads
• Finnish: kuljettaa purilailla — (transitive) to transport (someone or something) by means of a travois; (intransitive) to use a travois to transport loads