wiskezueksh
Narragansett
Noun
wiskezueksh inan pl
- Alternative form of wuskeésuckquash (“(his) eyes”)
- 1769, Ezra Stiles, Notes on Narragansett Indian Vocabulary, Yale University Beinecke Library, Local record 1769.09.06.00, OID 11413743, page 3 (25):
Eyes Wiskezuesqush zuekש
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Usage notes
Originally written by Stiles with the ending zuekש, using the Hebrew letter shin to represent sh.
Further reading
- William Cowan (1973), “Narragansett 126 years after”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 39, issue 1, ISSN 0020-7071, page 11