munsee
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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/ˈmʌn.si/
Definition of munsee
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- A member of a subtribe and one of the three divisions of the Lenape people.
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noun
- A member of a subtribe and one of the three divisions of the Lenape people.
- (alt-of, archaic)Archaic spelling of munshi.
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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.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
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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