këlamapisun
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Unami
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Penobscot kspìson, Malecite-Passamaquoddy kspisun, Mi'kmaq gispisun, Ojibwe gijipizon. Possibly cognate with the first element of Miami kilahkwaakani (“wampum belt”)
Noun
[edit]këlamapisun inan (plural këlamapisuna)
Derived terms
[edit]- kèkwi këlampisun (“wampum belt”)
Related terms
[edit]- kèkw (“wampum bead”)
References
[edit]- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “këlamapisun”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project