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語源

From Munsee mŭnúsunk (“at the island”), from munús (“island”). Compare Minisink, a doublet from Munsee; cognate for example with Ojibwe minis (“island”), minising (“at the island”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈmʌn.si/

名詞

Munsee (plural Munsees or Munsee)

1. A member of a subtribe and one of the three divisions of the Lenape people.

固有名詞

Munsee

1. An endangered Eastern Algonquian language, one of the two Lenape/Delaware languages (the other is called Unami), spoken aboriginally in the vicinity of what is now New York City.
   • 2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 298:

     They stare at her like she’s just spoken in Munsee.

派生語

参考

• Unami

アナグラム

• neumes