uponuhhug
Narragansett
editAlternative forms
edit- (Hebrew script) וּפּונֻחוּג (ûpwnuḥûg)
Noun
edituponuhhug anim pl
- Alternative form of opponenaũhock (“oysters”)
- 1769, Ezra Stiles, Notes on Narragansett Indian Vocabulary[1], Yale University Beinecke Library, Local record 1769.09.06.00, OID 11413743, pages 1 (23):
Oyster וּפּונֻחוּג Uponuhhug - (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
editAccording to Cowan, the form is actually plural, although glossed as singular by Stiles. Trumbull misreads this item as uhponuhpug.
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) “oyster”, in Natick Dictionary, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 304