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towiu

Narragansett

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Etymology

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Compare Massachusett toueu, touweu (“solitary, deserted”).[1][2]

Noun

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towiû (plural towiúwock or towiûwock)

  1. fatherless child, orphan
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References

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  1. ^ James Hammond Trumbull (1903) “toueu”, in Natick Dictionary, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 165
  2. ^ F. O'Brien & J. Jennings (2001) Introduction to the Narragansett Language‎[1], Newport: Aquidneck Indian Council, →LCCN, page 88

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