mahksun
Munsee
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Algonquian *maxkeseni (“moccasin, shoe”). Cognate with Unami lënhaksën (“shoe”), Mahican mahksun (“shoe”), Abenaki mkezen (“shoe”), Penobscot màhksən (“moccasin, shoe”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmáhksun (máhksən) inan (plural mahksúnal, diminutive mahkshúnush, locative mahksúnung, possessive 1sg nǔmáhksun)
References
edit- O'Meara, John (2014) “máhksun”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, →ISBN