wiskezueksh

Narragansett

Noun

wiskezueksh inan pl

1. Alternative form of wuskeésuckquash (“(his) eyes”)
   • 1769, Ezra Stiles, Notes on Narragansett Indian Vocabulary‎^[1], Yale University Beinecke Library, Local record 1769.09.06.00, OID 11413743, pages 3 (25):

     Eyes	Wiskezuesqush
     	Wiskezuekש

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Usage notes

Originally written by Stiles with the ending zuekש, using the Hebrew letter shin to represent sh.

Further reading

• William Cowan (1973) “Narragansett 126 years after”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 39, number 1, →ISSN, page 11