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Munsee
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munsee
English
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Etymology
From en umu mŭnúsunk at the island, from umu munús island. Compare en Minisink 1, a doublet from Munsee; cognate for example with oj minis island, oj minising at the island.
Pronunciation
en /ˈmʌn.si/
Noun
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A member of a subtribe and one of the three divisions of the Lenape people.
Translations
member of the Lenape subtribe
Unami: unm Monsi an
Proper noun
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.
en 2020 w:N. K. Jemisin w:The City We Became Orbit 298 They stare at her like she’s just spoken in Munsee.
Derived terms
en Munsee-Delaware Nation
Translations
Eastern Algonquian language
French: fr munsee m
German: de Munsee
Munsee: umu Huluníixsuwaakan
Russian: ru мунси m
Unami: unm Monsi
See also
en Unami
Anagrams
en eemnsu neumes
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