[go: up one dir, main page]

Munsee

edit

Etymology

edit

From Proto-Algonquian *ameθkwa (beaver).[1] Cognate with Unami tëmakwe (beaver), Abenaki tmakwa (beaver), Penobscot tə̀mahkʷe (beaver).

Noun

edit

amóxkw (amóxkwanim (plural amóxkwak, diminutive amóxkwush, obviative amóxkwal)[2][1]

  1. beaver

References

edit
  1. 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, →DOI, →JSTOR, page 37
  2. ^ O'Meara, John (2014) “amoxkw”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, →ISBN