mahksun

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Munsee[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Algonquian *maxkeseni (“moccasin, shoe”). Cognate with Unami lënhaksën (“shoe”), Mahican mahksun (“shoe”), Abenaki mkezen (“shoe”), Penobscot màhksən (“moccasin, shoe”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /mahksən/

Noun[edit]

máhksun (máhksən) inan (plural mahksúnal, diminutive mahkshúnush, locative mahksúnung, possessive 1sg nǔmáhksun)

  1. shoe, moccasin

References[edit]

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