saunchum
Narragansett
Alternative forms
- (Hebrew script) סאוּנשוּם (sʾûnšûm), סָנשוּם (sânšûm)
Noun
saunchum anim
- Alternative form of sâchim (“sachem, king”)
- 1769, Ezra Stiles, Notes on Narragansett Indian Vocabulary, Yale University Beinecke Library, Local record 1769.09.06.00, OID 11413743, page 2 (24):
Sachem Saunchum סאוּנשוּם סָנשוּם
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Usage notes
Trumbull misreads this item as saunchem. Both Hebrew spellings confirm that the final vowel is u.
Further reading
- William Cowan (1973), “Narragansett 126 years after”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 39, issue 1, ISSN 0020-7071, page 10
- James Hammond Trumbull (1903), “sachem, sagamore”, in Natick Dictionary, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, OCLC 1038122077, page 316