wullogana

Narragansett

Etymology

May actually be Nipmuck since the sound /l/ is not commonly found in Narragansett. Possibly the third-person possessed form of *-logana or *-ullogana (“wife”), i.e. "his wife".

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Noun

wullógana

1. wife

   Synonyms: mittúmmus, weéwo

Declension

• nullógana

Further reading

• Roger Williams (1643) A Key into the Language of America, London: Gregory Dexter, →OCLC, page 28