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Munsee en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmʌn.si/

Etymology

From Munsee mŭnúsunk (“at the island”), from munús (“island”). Compare Minisink, a doublet from Munsee; cognate for example with Ojibwe minis (“island”), minising (“at the island”).

Meanings

  1. A member of a subtribe and one of the three divisions of the Lenape people.

Forms

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Munsees Number=Plur lexicographic
Munsee Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (1)

unm Monsi (member of the Lenape subtribe)

Munsee en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmʌn.si/

Etymology

From Munsee mŭnúsunk (“at the island”), from munús (“island”). Compare Minisink, a doublet from Munsee; cognate for example with Ojibwe minis (“island”), minising (“at the island”).

Meanings

  1. An endangered Eastern Algonquian language, one of the two Lenape/Delaware languages (the other is called Unami), spoken aboriginally in the vicinity of what is now New York City.
    • They stare at her like she’s just spoken in Munsee. 2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 298:

Deriveds

Munsee-Delaware Nation

Relateds

Unami

Translations (5)

ru мунси (Eastern Algonquian language) · fr munsee (Eastern Algonquian language) · de Munsee (Eastern Algonquian language) · umu Huluníixsuwaakan (Eastern Algonquian language) · unm Monsi (Eastern Algonquian language)