seip
Narragansett edit
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Etymology edit
From Proto-Algonquian *si·pi·wi or *si·po·wi. Compare Massachusett sépu, séip, seep.[1] One source explains this as being formed from se- ("extend") + -pe ("water").[2]
Noun edit
séip inan
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Further reading edit
- Roger Williams (1643) A Key into the Language of America, London: Gregory Dexter, →OCLC, pages 75, 92