[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- (A) A friend, a close companion. Frequently used in salutation to an American Indian by early colonists. (b) A name for: an American Indian.


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 17th century; earliest use found in Roger Williams. From Pidgin Algonquian of southern New England, attested as Narragansett nétop my friend (originally the male friend of a man); compare Massachusett neetomp