neshuongok
Narragansett
editAlternative forms
edit- (Hebrew script) נשֻועק (nšuwʿq)
Etymology
editThe -ng- remains unexplained, being found neither in Stiles' Hebrew spelling nor the spelling given by Roger Williams.
Noun
editneshuongok anim pl
- Alternative form of neeshaũog (“eels”)
- 1769, Ezra Stiles, Notes on Narragansett Indian Vocabulary[1], Yale University Beinecke Library, Local record 1769.09.06.00, OID 11413743, pages 1 (23):
Eels Neshuongok נשֻ עועק- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
edit- William Cowan (1973) “Narragansett 126 years after”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 39, number 1, →ISSN, page 9
- James Hammond Trumbull (1903) “eels”, in Natick Dictionary, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 251