wekinash
Narragansett
editEtymology
editCompare Massachusett wekinasq, weekinashq, which Trumbull analyzes as wék (“house”) (Narragansett *wek) + -ashq ("grass"), as it was a material used in building dwellings.[1] Alternatively, related to weékan (“it is sweet”).[2]
Noun
editwékinash inan (plural wékinashquash)
References
editFurther reading
edit- Roger Williams (1643) A Key into the Language of America, London: Gregory Dexter, →OCLC, page 98