squaws
English
French
Narragansett
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *eθkwe·wa.
Usage notes
In A Key into the Language of America, the word is given as "Squàws-suck", with the part after the hyphen representing the plural squaw(s)suck. Elsewhere in the book, the final -s is omitted from the singular. Subsequent linguistic sources have interpreted this in different ways.
Related terms
- squásese (“little girl”)
- squáshim (“female animal”)
- chepasquâw (“dead woman”)
- keegsquaw (“virgin, maiden”)
- segoúsquaw (“widow”)
- Squàuanit (“Woman's God”)
- squáus
Further reading
- Roger Williams (1643) A Key into the Language of America, London: Gregory Dexter, →OCLC, pages 27, 126
- F. O'Brien & J. Jennings (2001) Introduction to the Narragansett Language, Newport: Aquidneck Indian Council, →LCCN, page 86
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