toyusk
Narragansett
Etymology
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Compare Lenape tajách quoan (“bridge”),[1] Massachusett tꝏskeonk (“a fording place”).[2]
Noun
toyùsk
- bridge
Related terms
- toyusquanûo
References
- Eben Norton Horsford, editor (1887) Zeisberger's Indian dictionary, Cambridge, MA: John Wilson and Son, OCLC 466293544, page 28
- James Hammond Trumbull (1903) Natick Dictionary, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, OCLC 1038122077, page 166
Further reading
- Roger Williams (1643) A Key into the Language of America, London: Gregory Dexter, OCLC 41412195, page 92