nnin

Narragansett

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *erenyiwa (see for cognates). According to Trumbull, signifying something like "he is like myself", related to the pronoun neèn (“I, me”)[1][2]

Noun

nnìn (plural nnínnuog)

  1. man
    Synonym: skeétomp

Usage notes

Used for people of the same tribe, not foreigners.[3]

  • nínnuock
  • ninnimissinûwock
  • enìn

References

  1. ^ James Hammond Trumbull (1903), “*nnìn”, in Natick Dictionary, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 86
  2. ^ James Hammond Trumbull (1871), “On Algonkin Names for Man”, in Transactions of the American Philological Association, volume 2, →DOI, →ISSN
  3. ^ F. O'Brien & J. Jennings (2001), Introduction to the Narragansett Language‎[1], Newport: Aquidneck Indian Council, →LCCN, page 86

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