sannup

Definitions


[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- Among some North American Indian peoples of New England: a man of a social class below that of a chief; a man under the authority of a chief.


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Origin:
early 17th century. From Island Massachusett sanomp, sanop (pronounced/saːnʌ̃p/), cognate with Eastern Abenaki sénαpe man from an Algonquian base of uncertain sense and origin + the Algonquian base of Unami Delaware -á:p:e person




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