munahan

Munsee

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *menahanwi.[1]

Noun

mŭnáhan (mə̆náhan) inan (plural mŭnáhŭnal, possessive númŭnhan, locative mŭnáhŭnung, diminutive mŭnáhŭnush)[2][1]

  1. island

References
  1. Goddard, Ives (1982), “The Historical Phonology of Munsee”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 48, issue 1, Chicago: The University of Chicago, DOI:10.1086/465711, JSTOR 1264746, page 34
  2. O'Meara, John (2014), “munahan”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, →ISBN
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