waucho

Narragansett

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *wačyiwi (“hill”).[1] Compare Massachusett wadchu (“mountain”),[2] Menominee wacēw, Unami ahchu, Plains Cree waciy.

Noun

wauchò inan (plural wauchóash)

  1. hill

Declension

Declension of waucho (inanimate, 2 forms attested)
singular plural locative
unpossessed wauchò wauchóash *waucho-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut)
possessed forms
first-person (my) *n'waucho *n'waucho-ash *n'waucho-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut)
second-person (your) *k'waucho *k'waucho-ash *k'waucho-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut)
third-person (his, her) *w'waucho *w'waucho-ash *w'waucho-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut)

References

  1. ^ Hewson, John (2017) “*wačyiwi”, in Proto-Algonquian Online Dictionary, Carleton University, School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
  2. ^ James Hammond Trumbull (1903) “wadchu”, in Natick Dictionary, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 179

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