munsee

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
11
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈmʌn.si/

Definition of munsee

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A member of a subtribe and one of the three divisions of the Lenape people.
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noun

  1. A member of a subtribe and one of the three divisions of the Lenape people.
  2. (alt-of, archaic)Archaic spelling of munshi.

name

  1. An endangered Eastern Algonquian language, one of the two Lenape/Delaware languages (the other is called Unami), spoken aboriginally in the vicinity of what is now New York City.
    “They stare at her like she’s just spoken in Munsee.”

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Etymology

From Munsee mŭnúsunk (“at the island”), from munús (“island”). Compare Minisink, a doublet from Munsee; cognate for example with Ojibwe minis (“island”), minising (“at the island”).

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