wshaype

Munsee

Etymology

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Cognate with Unami shohpe (“the shore, at the shore”).

Particle

wsháype

1. lake, edge of water

Related terms

• wsháyee (“at the edge of something”)

References

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