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Narragansett[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Algonquian *ni·pen-. Compare Massachusett népun.[1]
Noun[edit]
néepun inan
- summer
- Synonym: quaqúsquan
Related terms[edit]
- neepunnakéeswush (literally “summer month”)
- neepúnnacup
References[edit]
- ^ James Hammond Trumbull (1903) “népun”, in Natick Dictionary, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 84
Further reading[edit]
- Roger Williams (1643) A Key into the Language of America, London: Gregory Dexter, →OCLC, page 65
- F. O'Brien & J. Jennings (2001) Introduction to the Narragansett Language[1], Newport: Aquidneck Indian Council, →LCCN, page 108