miichŭwaakan

Munsee

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *miᐧčiwaᐧkan, from *miᐧčiwa (“to eat (something)”). Equivalent to míichuw (“to eat”) +‎ -áakan. Cognate with Unami michëwakàn (“food”), Mahican miitθuwąąkan (“food”), Abenaki mijwôgan (“food”), Penobscot míčəwαkan (“food”).

Noun

miichŭwáakan inan (possessive nŭmiichŭwáakan)

1. food

References

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