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mbiisus

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Munsee

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Algonquian *nepyi (“water”). Cognate with Abenaki nbes (“lake”).

Noun

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mbíisus (mbí·səs) inan (plural mbíissal, locative mbíissung)[1]

  1. lake

References

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