Munsee
Meanings
noun
- A member of a subtribe and one of the three divisions of the Lenape people.
name
- 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.
noun
- Archaic spelling of munshi.
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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”).
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