Thursday, March 05, 2020

Tûnuppasuonk Káhtôquwukanash


also
Tûnuppasuonk Kodtonquag(kash)
                         - turtle effigies in stone (Nipmeuw).



    Káhtôquwuk (Narragansett), allegorically, a 'stone prayer.'

Tûnuppasuonk Kodtonquag(kash) - turtle effigies in stone (Nipmeuw):


Turtle in Mohegan Pequot
      Turtle:  toyupáhs  NA
 NA – toyupáhs plural toyupáhsak
                                            toyupáhs NA turtle
         toyupáhsuk: on the turtle 
  Awáyáhsak yok. Noy’hc, toyupáhs, skôks, wôpsuq, tá muks: “These are animals. Deer, turtle, skunk, eagle, and wolf.”

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