neshuongok

Narragansett

Alternative forms

• (Hebrew script) נשֻועק (nšuwʿq)

Etymology

The -ng- remains unexplained, being found neither in Stiles' Hebrew spelling nor the spelling given by Roger Williams.

Noun

neshuongok anim pl

1. Alternative form of neeshaũog (“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

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• William Cowan (1973) “Narragansett 126 years after”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 39, number 1, →ISSN, page 9
• James Hammond Trumbull (1903) “eels”, in Natick Dictionary, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 251