squauhses

Narragansett

Noun

squauhses

1. Alternative form of squásese (“girl”)
   • 1769, Ezra Stiles, Notes on Narragansett Indian Vocabulary‎^[1], Yale University Beinecke Library, Local record 1769.09.06.00, OID 11413743, pages 1 (23):

     Girl Squauhses

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• William Cowan (1973) “Narragansett 126 years after”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 39, number 1, →ISSN, page 9
• James Hammond Trumbull (1903) “girl”, in Natick Dictionary, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 266