uponuhhug

Narragansett

Alternative forms

• (Hebrew script) וּפּונֻחוּג (ûpwnuḥûg)

Noun

uponuhhug anim pl

1. Alternative form of opponenaũhock (“oysters”)
   • 1769, Ezra Stiles, Notes on Narragansett Indian Vocabulary‎^[1], Yale University Beinecke Library, Local record 1769.09.06.00, OID 11413743, pages 1 (23):

     Oyster	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	וּפּונֻחוּג
     		Uponuhhug

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Usage notes

According to Cowan, the form is actually plural, although glossed as singular by Stiles. Trumbull misreads this item as uhponuhpug.

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) “oyster”, in Natick Dictionary, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 304