namees
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]namees
Anagrams
[edit]- enseam, Naeems, Emesan, seamen, Neesam, Seeman, mensae, Ameens, meanes, meeans, enemas, ameens, Sameen
Munsee
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Algonquian *name·ʔsa (“fish”).[1] Cognate with Unami namès (“fish”), Mahican namāāθ (“fish”), Abenaki namas (“fish”), Penobscot nàmehs (“fish”).
Noun
[edit]namées (namé·s) anim (plural naméesak, possessive naméesum, locative naméesung, diminutive naméeshush, obviative naméesal)[2][1]
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Goddard, Ives (1982) “The Historical Phonology of Munsee”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 48, number 1, Chicago: The University of Chicago, , →JSTOR, page 26
- ^ O'Meara, John (2014) “namees”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, →ISBN