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sannup (SAN-uhp) - n., a young Native American man, esp. a married one.
Counterpart to squaw, which originally was used neutrally to mean a young Native American woman esp. a married one, but has since taken on pejorative senses to the point that squaw is now considered offensive (sometimes deeply so). Both words are of Algonquian origin adopted around 1630, though exactly which language seems a bit hazy: squaw, it is generally agreed, is from Massachusett squàws, woman, though Abenaki skwa, woman/wife, is also possible; sannup is from either Eastern Abenak/Penobscot sénαpe, man, or Massachusett sanomp, man.
---L.
Counterpart to squaw, which originally was used neutrally to mean a young Native American woman esp. a married one, but has since taken on pejorative senses to the point that squaw is now considered offensive (sometimes deeply so). Both words are of Algonquian origin adopted around 1630, though exactly which language seems a bit hazy: squaw, it is generally agreed, is from Massachusett squàws, woman, though Abenaki skwa, woman/wife, is also possible; sannup is from either Eastern Abenak/Penobscot sénαpe, man, or Massachusett sanomp, man.
---L.
