Narragansett

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Etymology

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Perhaps from a root meaning "closed, protected". Compare Abenaki kabasa.[1][2]

Noun

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kaúposh anim (plural kauposhaûog)

  1. sturgeon

References

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  1. ^ Joseph Laurent (1884) New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, Quebec: Leger Brousseau, page 39
  2. ^ James Hammond Trumbull (1903) “*kaúposh”, in Natick Dictionary, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 30

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