ahsën
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Etymology edit
From Proto-Algonquian *aʔsenyi (“stone”). Cognates include Munsee ăsún, Mahican aθún (“stone”), Mohegan-Pequot sun, Quiripi sun, Abenaki sen (“stone”).
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Noun edit
ahsën (plural ahsëna, diminutive ahsën'tët, adjectival ahsëni, locative ahsënink)
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References edit
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “ahsën”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project