maalaxkwsiit

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Munsee

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Etymology

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From Proto-Algonquian *maškweči·hsa (“bean”). Cognate with Unami malàxkwsit (“bean”), Mohegan-Pequot masqusit, Menominee maskūcīhsaeh (“bean”).

Noun

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maaláxkwsiit inan (plural maalaxkwsíital, possessive nǔmaalaxkwsíitum, locative maalaxkwsíitung, diminutive maalaxkwshíichush)[1]

  1. bean

References

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