mamalis

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Etymology

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Cognate with Mahican mãamãanith (fawn, young deer).

Noun

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mamalis anim (plural mamalisàk)

  1. fawn, baby deer

References

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  • Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “mamalis”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project