Munsee

See also: munsee

English

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʌn.si/

Noun

Munsee (plural Munsees or Munsee)

1. A member of a subtribe and one of the three divisions of the Lenape people.

Proper noun

Munsee

1. 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.
   • 2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 298:

     They stare at her like she’s just spoken in Munsee.

Translations

Eastern Algonquian language

• French: munsee (fr) m
• German: Munsee
• Munsee: Huluníixsuwaakan
• Russian: мунси m (munsi)
• Unami: Monsi

See also

• Unami

Anagrams

• neumes