këlamapisun
Unami edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Penobscot kspìson, Malecite-Passamaquoddy kspisun, Mi'kmaq gispisun, Ojibwe gijipizon. Possibly cognate with the first element of Miami kilahkwaakani (“wampum belt”)
Noun edit
këlamapisun inan (plural këlamapisuna)
Derived terms edit
- kèkwi këlampisun (“wampum belt”)
Related terms edit
- kèkw (“wampum bead”)
References edit
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “këlamapisun”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project