mahksun

Munsee

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *maxkeseni (“moccasin, shoe”). Cognate with Unami lënhaksën (“shoe”), Mahican mahksun (“shoe”), Abenaki mkezen (“shoe”), Penobscot màhksən (“moccasin, shoe”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mahksən/

Noun

máhksun (máhksən) inan (plural mahksúnal, diminutive mahkshúnush, locative mahksúnung, possessive 1sg nǔmáhksun)

1. shoe, moccasin

References

• O'Meara, John (2014) “máhksun”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, →ISBN