namès

See also: names

Unami

Etymology

From *name·ʔsa (“fish”). Cognate with Abenaki namas, Munsee namées.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /namɛs/

Noun

namès anim (plural namèsàk, diminutive namètët)

1. fish

References

• Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “namès”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project