Etymograph

English

sannup

Sannup comes from Penobscot senabe ‘man’.

  1. Penobscotmodernsenabe1‘man’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1898sannup1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English sannup
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1898, Edith Robinson, A Little Puritan Rebel: “With this company, Miantonomo and his sachems dined, while…”.

Lineage

  1. PenobscotmodernsenabeWiktionary, English sannup‘man’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1898sannupWiktionary, English sannup. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1898, Edith Robinson, A Little Puritan Rebel: “With this company, Miantonomo and his sachems dined, while…”

Every English word from Penobscot senabe

Today it means

noun A male Native American, especially a married one; a brave.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sannup”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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