sannup

[ san-uhp ]

noun

1. a married American Indian man, especially a younger one; husband.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sannup¹

First recorded in 1620–30, Americanism; from Massachusett ( English spelling) sanomp (cognate with Eastern Abenaki sénαpe “man, male person”)

Example Sentences

There was a squaw who spake to me to make a shirt for her sannup, for which she gave me a piece of bear.

From Project Gutenberg