mbuy

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Munsee

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Algonquian *nepyi (water). Cognate with Mahican mbúy (water).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mbúy or mbə́y inan (locative mbíing)[2][3]

  1. water

References

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  1. ^ Goddard, Ives (1982) “The Historical Phonology of Munsee”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 48, number 1, Chicago: The University of Chicago, →DOI, →JSTOR
  2. ^ O'Meara, John (2014) “mbuy”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, →ISBN
  3. ^ Goddard, Ives (1979) “Comparative Algonquian”, in Campbell, Lyle, Mithun, Marianne, editors, The Languages of Native America: Historical and Comparative Assessment, volume 70, number 132, Austin: University of Texas Press:mbə́y