mënutès

Unami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *meno·tayi (“bag, basket, sack”).

Noun

mënutès inan (plural mënutèsa, locative mënutèsink, 1sg possessive nëmënutès)

1. bag, handbag, purse
2. suitcase
3. billfold

References

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