saunchum

Narragansett

Alternative forms

• (Hebrew script) סאוּנשוּם (sʾûnšûm), סָנשוּם (sânšûm)

Noun

saunchum anim

1. Alternative form of sâchim (“sachem, king”)
   • 1769, Ezra Stiles, Notes on Narragansett Indian Vocabulary‎^[1], Yale University Beinecke Library, Local record 1769.09.06.00, OID 11413743, pages 2 (24):

     Sachem	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Saunchum
     		סאוּנשוּם
     		סָנשוּם

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Usage notes

Trumbull misreads this item as saunchem. Both Hebrew spellings confirm that the final vowel is u.

Further reading

• William Cowan (1973) “Narragansett 126 years after”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 39, number 1, →ISSN, page 10
• James Hammond Trumbull (1903) “sachem, sagamore”, in Natick Dictionary, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 316