meenaxk

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Munsee

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Etymology

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Cognate with Unami menàxk (“fence”), presumably from Proto-Eastern Algonquian *mēnaxk.

Noun

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méenaxk inan (plural meenáxkal, possessive nŭmeenáxkum, locative meenáxkung, diminutive meenáxkush, obviative meenáxkal)[1]

  1. fence
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References

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  1. ^ O'Meara, John (2014) “méenaxk”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, →ISBN
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