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

  1. cousin

Declension[edit]

Declension of watoncks (animate, 3 forms attested)
singular plural locative
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)

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ James Hammond Trumbull (1903) “adtonkqs”, in Natick Dictionary, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 4
  2. ^ F. O'Brien & J. Jennings (2001) Introduction to the Narragansett Language‎[1], Newport: Aquidneck Indian Council, →LCCN, page 87

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