watoncks
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Narragansett[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compare Massachusett adtonkqs (“kinsman, kinswoman”).[1]
Possibly the third-person possessed form of *-toncks, *-atoncks (“cousin”), i.e. "his cousin".[2]
Noun[edit]
watòncks
Declension[edit]
Declension of watoncks (animate, 3 forms attested)
singular | plural | locative | |
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unpossessed | *-atoncks | *-atoncks-og (-ock, -uck, -aug) | *-atoncks-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut) |
possessed forms | |||
first-person (my) | natòncks | *natoncks-og (-ock, -uck, -aug) | *natoncks-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut) |
second-person (your) | kattòncks | *katoncks-og (-ock, -uck, -aug) | *katoncks-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut) |
third-person (his, her) | watòncks | *watoncks-og (-ock, -uck, -aug) | *watoncks-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut) |
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Further reading[edit]
- Roger Williams (1643) A Key into the Language of America, London: Gregory Dexter, →OCLC, page 29