meenaxk

Munsee

Etymology

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Cognate with Unami menàxk (“fence”), presumably from Proto-Eastern Algonquian *mēnaxk.

Noun

méenaxk inan (plural meenáxkal, possessive nŭmeenáxkum, locative meenáxkung, diminutive meenáxkush, obviative meenáxkal)

1. fence

Related terms

• meenáxkaaxkw (cf. Unami mènxkakw)
• meenáxkheew (cf. Unami menxke)