mittummus

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Narragansett

Etymology

Cognate to Massachusett mittamwus (“woman, wife”), Miami metaimsah (“woman”), Menominee mētamo (“woman”).[1] Compare reconstructed Proto-Algonquian *metemwa (“old woman”), *metemwehsihsa (“little old woman”).[2]

Noun

mittúmmus

  1. wife
    Synonyms: weéwo, wullógana

Usage notes

Given as mittámmus in some secondary sources.

Declension

References

  1. ^ James Hammond Trumbull (1903) “mittamwus”, in Natick Dictionary, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 60
  2. ^ Hewson, John (2017) Proto-Algonquian Online Dictionary, Carleton University, School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies

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