munahan

Munsee

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *menahanwi (“island”).[1] Cognate with Unami mënatay (“island”), Abenaki mnahan (“island”), Penobscot mə̀nəhan (“island”).

Noun

mŭnáhan (mə̆náhan) inan (plural mŭnáhŭnal, possessive númŭnhan, locative mŭnáhŭnung, diminutive mŭnáhŭnush)[2][1]

  1. island

References
  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 34
  2. O'Meara, John (2014) “munahan”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, →ISBN
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