towiu

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Narragansett[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Massachusett toueu, touweu (“solitary, deserted”).[1][2]

Noun[edit]

towiû (plural towiúwock or towiûwock)

  1. fatherless child, orphan

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ James Hammond Trumbull (1903) “toueu”, in Natick Dictionary, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 165
  2. ^ F. O'Brien & J. Jennings (2001) Introduction to the Narragansett Language‎[1], Newport: Aquidneck Indian Council, →LCCN, page 88

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