mukoos

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Munsee[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Algonquian *mekwehsi (“awl”). Cognate with Unami mëkus (“nail”), Abenaki megos (“awl, punch”), Penobscot mə̀kohs (“awl”).

Noun[edit]

mŭkóos anim (plural mŭkóosak, diminutive mŭkóoshush, obviative mŭkóosal, locative mŭkóosung)[1]

  1. nail

References[edit]

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