namaus

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Narragansett

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Etymology

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From Proto-Algonquian *name·ʔsa. Compare Massachusett namohs.[1]

Noun

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namaùs anim (plural namaùssuck or namaũsuck)

  1. fish
    Synonym: (Stiles) ēpanue

References

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  1. ^ James Hammond Trumbull (1903) “namohs”, in Natick Dictionary, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 75

Further reading

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