Etymograph

English

Lumbee

Lumbee may come from psy bee ‘bend’.

  1. psymodernbee‘bend’uncertain
  2. EnglishtodayLumbee

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. psymodernbee‘bend’uncertain
  2. EnglishtodayLumbee

first attested Said to be first attested in reference to the tribe in 1914 (as stated in the etymology)

The story

Said to be first attested in reference to the tribe in 1914. Supposed by some to be of Siouan origin. Thought by others to have been coined by Turkey Tayac (1895-1978, the twenty-seventh hereditary chief of the Piscataway) as a combination of Lumber (‘a river that flows through the tribe's lands’) and Piscataway bee (‘bend’).

Every English word from psy bee

Today it means

noun A member of a certain Native American tribe or group of North Carolina.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / psy bee / Lumbee

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