wuskeene

== Narragansett == === Etymology === From Proto-Algonquian *weški (“young, new”) or a related form. Compare Plains Cree oski. === Noun === wuskeène (plural wuskeeneésuck) youth (young person) ==== Related terms ==== wuskéne (“young man”) (possibly the same word) wuskâukamuck (“new ground”) wuskokkamuckómeneash (“new ground corn”) wúskanuit (“new cloth”) wuskapéhana (“new traps”) === References === === Further reading === Roger Williams (1643), A Key into the Language of America, London: Gregory Dexter, →OCLC, page 27 F. O'Brien & J. Jennings (2001), Introduction to the Narragansett Language‎[1], Newport: Aquidneck Indian Council, →LCCN, page 86