Munsee
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See also: munsee
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Munsee mŭnúsunk (“at the island”), from munús (“island”). Compare Ojibwe minis (“island”), minising (“at the island”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Munsee (plural Munsees or Munsee)
- A member of a subtribe and one of the three divisions of the Lenape people.
Proper noun[edit]
Munsee
- 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.
- 2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 298:
- They stare at her like she’s just spoken in Munsee.
Translations[edit]
Eastern Algonquian language