different between suckanhock vs wampum

English

Etymology

A corruption (perhaps originally a misprint) of suckauhock.

Noun

suckanhock (countable and uncountable, plural suckanhocks)

1. (rare) Alternative form of suckauhock

References

• suckanhock in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Etymology

Clipped from wampumpeag (from Narragansett [Term?]; compare the opposite clipping peag), which is a compound of wamp, wompi (“white”) + umpe (“string”) + -ag (plural suffix), and referred to the string of white shell-beads rather than the individual beads.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w?mp?m/

Noun

wampum (countable and uncountable, plural wampums or wampum)

1. Small beads made from polished shells, especially white ones, formerly used as money and jewelry by certain Native American peoples.
2. A string of such beads.
3. (slang) Money.

Synonyms

• (small beads): seawan, peag; porcelain (such objects or strings of them)

Antonyms

• (white shells): suckanhock (black shells)

Derived terms

• wampum belt
• Wampumgate