Definition | English Word |
From the Powhatan word 'tamahaac,' meaning 'what is used in cutting' | |
From the Natick word 'moosu,' meaning 'he strips off [bark]' | |
From the Abenaki word 'seganku,' meaning 'urinating fox' | |
From the Algonquin root 'torope,' meaning 'turtle' | |
From the Ojibwe word 'bagaan,' meaning 'hard-shelled nut' | |
From the Delaware word 'wiquoam,' meaning 'dwelling' or 'house' | |
From the Mohegan word 'pautaunke,' meaning 'a boggy place' | |
From the Micmac word 'sakumow,' meaning 'chief' or 'ruler' | |
From the Proto-Algonquian 'ask' ('raw') and '-imo' ('eat') | |
From the Natick word 'musquash,' meaning 'red rat' | |
From the Narragansett word 'askutasquash,' meaning 'the things that may be eaten raw' | |
From the Maleseet word 'thapaken,' meaning 'long, flat-bottomed sled' | |
From the Virginia Algonquin word 'caucauasu,' meaning 'one who talks with or advises' | |
From the Cree word 'pasiminan,' meaning 'dried fruit' | |
From the Algonquin root 'makasin,' meaning 'shoe' | |
From the Ojibwe suffix '-doodem,' meaning 'family mark or marker' | |
From the Proto-Algonquin 'opassum,' meaning 'white dog' | |
From the Narragansett word 'papoos,' meaning 'very young' | |
From the Powhatan word 'uskatahomen,' meaning 'parched corn' | |
From the Pequot word 'p'quaghhaug,' meaning 'hard clam' | |
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