Sannup (Noun)
Meaning
A married male American Indian.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- My elderly sannup taught me the traditional Ojibwe ways of hunting and gathering.
- As a young boy, I would often sit with my sannup and listen to his stories about our ancestors.
- My wife and I sought the blessing of my sannup before we got married in a traditional ceremony.
- Sannup would always remind me to respect the land and our elders when I went on a solo hunting trip.
- In the evenings, we would gather around the campfire and listen to sannup's tales of the great hunters and warriors of our tribe.