munsee

M3U1N1S1E1E1
/ˈmʌn.si/

noun

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

OriginMunsee mŭnúsunk →
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Meanings

munsee1

nounmunsee (plural munsees)

plural munsees

  1. archaicArchaic spelling of munshi.

Munsee2

nounMunsee (plural Munsees or Munsee)

plural Munsees

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

Origin

  1. Munseemŭnúsunk“at the island”
  2. EnglishMunsee

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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Translations

French munsee
  • munseeEastern Algonquian language
German Munsee
  • MunseeEastern Algonquian language
Russian мунси
  • мунси (munsi)Eastern Algonquian language
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Chicago

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