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name
An endangered Eastern Algonquian language, one of the two Lenape/Delaware languages (the other is called Unami), spoken aboriginally in the vicinity of what is now New York City.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A member of a subtribe and one of the three divisions of the Lenape people.
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noun
Archaic spelling of munshi.
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Usage: alt-of, archaic
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History
From Munsee mŭnúsunk (“at the island”), from munús (“island”). Compare Minisink, a doublet from Munsee; cognate for example with Ojibwe minis (“island”), minising (“at the island”).
Across languages
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