סאונשום

Narragansett

Noun

סאוּנשוּם (sʾûnšûm) anim

1. Hebrew script spelling of saunchum (“sachem, king”)
   • 1769, Ezra Stiles, Notes on Narragansett Indian Vocabulary‎^[1], Yale University Beinecke Library, Local record 1769.09.06.00, OID 11413743, pages 2 (24):

     Sachem	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Saunchum
     		סאוּנשוּם
     		סָנשוּם

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Further reading

• William Cowan (1973) “Narragansett 126 years after”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 39, number 1, →ISSN, page 10