moccasin

Etymology
From, , , from. The word is cognate with 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. First appears c. 1612 in the writings of. It has been suggested that sense 4 (“North American snake”) may be derived from a different Native American word.

Noun

 * 1) A traditional Native North American shoe, usually without a heel or sole, made of a piece of deerskin or other soft leather turned up at the edges which are either stitched together at the top of the shoe, or sewn to a vamp (a piece covering the top of the foot).
 * 2) A modern shoe with either a low or no heel resembling a traditional Native American moccasin in that the leather forming the sides of the shoe is stitched at the top.
 * 3) A light beige colour, like that of a moccasin.
 * 4) Any of several North American snakes of the genus, particularly the copperhead  and the cottonmouth or water moccasin.
 * 1) A modern shoe with either a low or no heel resembling a traditional Native American moccasin in that the leather forming the sides of the shoe is stitched at the top.
 * 2) A light beige colour, like that of a moccasin.
 * 3) Any of several North American snakes of the genus, particularly the copperhead  and the cottonmouth or water moccasin.
 * 1) A light beige colour, like that of a moccasin.
 * 2) Any of several North American snakes of the genus, particularly the copperhead  and the cottonmouth or water moccasin.
 * 1) Any of several North American snakes of the genus, particularly the copperhead  and the cottonmouth or water moccasin.
 * 1) Any of several North American snakes of the genus, particularly the copperhead  and the cottonmouth or water moccasin.
 * 1) Any of several North American snakes of the genus, particularly the copperhead  and the cottonmouth or water moccasin.
 * 1) Any of several North American snakes of the genus, particularly the copperhead  and the cottonmouth or water moccasin.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: mocassí
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 鹿皮鞋, 莫卡辛
 * Finnish: mokkasiini
 * French:
 * Galician: mocasín
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 모카신
 * Macedonian: мокаси́на
 * Manx: carrane injinagh
 * Navajo: kélchí
 * Ojibwe: ᒪᐦᑭᓯᓐ
 * Pawnee: asuuricaahiks, asuuruʼ
 * Persian: موکاسین
 * Plautdietsch: Preeskje
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:


 * Catalan: mocassí
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: мокаси́на
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: mokasin,
 * Nynorsk: mokasin, skalle
 * Ojibwe: ᒪᐦᑭᓯᓐ
 * Persian: موکاسین
 * Plautdietsch: Preeskje
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Taos: kə̀obénemą
 * Turkish:


 * Finnish: mokkasiinikäärme
 * Navajo: tó tłʼiish
 * Ojibwe: newe
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish: