waumpmunch

Narragansett

Noun

waumpmunch inan pl

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

     Chestnut Waumpmunch

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

According to Cowan, the form is actually plural, although glossed as singular by Stiles.

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) “chestnut”, in Natick Dictionary, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 233