këlamapisun

Unami

Etymology

Cognate with Penobscot kspìson, Malecite-Passamaquoddy kspisun, Mi'kmaq gispisun, Ojibwe gijipizon. Possibly cognate with the first element of Miami kilahkwaakani (“wampum belt”)

Noun

këlamapisun inan (plural këlamapisuna)

1. belt

Derived terms

• kèkwi këlampisun (“wampum belt”)

Related terms

• kèkw (“wampum bead”)

References

• Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “këlamapisun”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project