amoxool
Munsee
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Eastern Algonquian *məhxōr, from Proto-Algonquian *mehθweθ-. Cognate with Unami mùxul (“boat, canoe”), Mahican amaxoon (“boat”), Abenaki amasol (“canoe”), Penobscot ámasol (“canoe”), Massachusett mishoòn (“boat, canoe”), Narragansett mishoon (“boat, canoe”), Loup A amisȣl (“boat, canoe”), Mohegan-Pequot mushoy (“boat, canoe”).[1][2]
Noun
[edit]amóxool inan (plural amoxóolal, locative amoxóolung, diminutive amoxóolush)[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Goddard, Ives (2003) “Heckewelder’s 1792 vocabulary from Ohio: A possible attestation of Mascouten”, in Wolfart, H.C., editor, Papers of the 34th Algonquian Conference, Winnipeg: University of Manitoba, page 173
- ^ Costa, David J. (2007) “The Dialectology of Southern New England Algonquian”, in Wolfart, Hans C., editors, Papers of the 39th Algonquian Conference[1], volume 81, number 127, Winnipeg: University of Manitoba, page 87: “PEA *məhxōr”
- ^ O'Meara, John (2014) “amoxool”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, →ISBN