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Narragansett
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *erenyiwa (see for cognates). According to Trumbull, signifying something like "he is like myself", related to the pronoun neèn (“I, me”)[1][2]
Noun
nnìn (plural nnínnuog)
- man
- Synonym: skeétomp
Usage notes
Used for people of the same tribe, not foreigners.[3]
References
- ^ James Hammond Trumbull (1903) “*nnìn”, in Natick Dictionary, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 86
- ^ James Hammond Trumbull (1871) “On Algonkin Names for Man”, in Transactions of the American Philological Association, volume 2, →DOI, →ISSN
- ^ F. O'Brien & J. Jennings (2001) Introduction to the Narragansett Language, Newport: Aquidneck Indian Council, →LCCN, page 86
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