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)

  1. belt

Derived terms edit

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