squaws

== English == === Noun === squaws plural of squaw == French == === Noun === squaws ? plural of squaw == Narragansett == === Alternative forms === squàw (Gatschet) skwō· === Etymology === From Proto-Algonquian *eθkwe·wa. === Noun === squàws (plural squàwssuck or squàwsuck) woman ==== 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 ==== ==== Further reading ==== Roger Williams (1643), A Key into the Language of America, London: Gregory Dexter, →OCLC, pages 27, 126, 134 F. O'Brien & J. Jennings (2001), Introduction to the Narragansett Language‎[1], Newport: Aquidneck Indian Council, →LCCN, page 86