namees

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

namees

  1. plural of namee

Munsee[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Algonquian *name·ʔsa (“fish”).[1] Cognate with Unami namès (“fish”), Mahican namāāθ (“fish”), Abenaki namas (“fish”), Penobscot nàmehs (“fish”).

Noun[edit]

namées (namé·s) anim (plural naméesak, possessive naméesum, locative naméesung, diminutive naméeshush, obviative naméesal)[2][1]

  1. fish

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Goddard, Ives (1982) “The Historical Phonology of Munsee”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 48, number 1, Chicago: The University of Chicago, →DOI, →JSTOR, page 26
  2. ^ O'Meara, John (2014) “namees”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, →ISBN
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