tiitiis

Munsee

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *ti·nti·wa (“blue jay”). Cognate with Unami tiyas (“blue jay”), Penobscot tìtəyαs (“blue jay”).

Noun

tíitiis (tí·ti·s) anim

1. bluejay

References

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