munahan
Munsee
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Algonquian *menahanwi (“island”).[1] Cognate with Unami mënatay (“island”), Abenaki mnahan (“island”), Penobscot mə̀nəhan (“island”).
Noun
editmŭnáhan (mə̆náhan) inan (plural mŭnáhŭnal, possessive númŭnhan, locative mŭnáhŭnung, diminutive mŭnáhŭnush)[2][1]
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Goddard, Ives (1982) “The Historical Phonology of Munsee”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 48, number 1, Chicago: The University of Chicago, , →JSTOR, page 34
- ^ O'Meara, John (2014) “munahan”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, →ISBN