What does kemosabe mean in slang?
What does kemosabe mean in slang?
“friend
Kemosabe means “friend,” popularized by The Lone Ranger radio and TV show.
Is kemosabe an insult?
Native American writer Sherman Alexie, who is of Coeur D’Alene descent, has said that kemosabe means “idiot” in Apache. “They were calling each other ‘idiot’ all those years,” he told an interviewer in 1996, a few years after the publication of his story collection The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven.
What did Tonto mean when he said kemosabe?
Tonto mean dumb in Spanish as in can’t speak. And just as in English tonto also means stupid. So The Lone Ranger may be calling his companion a generic, not-so-disparaging name. “Kemosabe” is a word derived from a camp in northern Michigan.
Who used to say kemosabe?
“Kemosabe”, the name given to the Lone Ranger by his friend Tonto in the 1950s TV western “The Lone Ranger”, is not a racist term, a Canadian court has found.
What does Tonto mean in Apache?
foolish
The neighboring Western Apache ethnonym for them was Koun’nde (“wild rough People”), from which the Spanish derived their use of Tonto (“loose”, “foolish”) for the group.
What does Tonto mean in Indian?
Tonto definition A Native American who accepts a subservient position to a white person. noun.
What does Tonto mean in Scottish?
wild or crazy state
Tonto – wild or crazy state.
What does full tonyo mean?
silly, stupid
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What does Tonito mean?
Toñito or Tonito is a Spanish given name and nickname derived from Antonio. It is loosely equivalent to Little Tony in English. Notable people with this nickname include the following: Antonio Jesús García González, known as Toñito (born 1977), Spanish retired footballer.