נשועק

Narragansett

Noun

נשֻועק (nšuwʿq) anim pl

1. Hebrew script spelling of neshuongok (“eels”)
   • 1769, Ezra Stiles, Notes on Narragansett Indian Vocabulary‎^[1], Yale University Beinecke Library, Local record 1769.09.06.00, OID 11413743, pages 1 (23):

     Eels	Neshuongok
     	נשֻעועק

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Usage notes

Missing the -ng- of Stiles's Latin-script form. More closely matches Williams's neeshaũog.

Further reading

• William Cowan (1973) “Narragansett 126 years after”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 39, number 1, →ISSN, page 9