"Munsee" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈmʌn.si/
Etymology: From Munsee mŭnúsunk (“at the island”), from munús (“island”). Compare Ojibwe minis (“island”), minising (“at the island”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|umu|mŭnúsunk||at the island}} Munsee mŭnúsunk (“at the island”), {{m|umu|munús||island}} munús (“island”), {{cog|oj|minis||island}} Ojibwe minis (“island”), {{m|oj|minising||at the island}} minising (“at the island”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Munsee
  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. Categories (topical): Languages Related terms: Unami Translations (Eastern Algonquian language): munsee [masculine] (French), Munsee (German), Huluníixsuwaakan (Munsee), мунси (munsi) [masculine] (Russian), Monsi (Unami)
    Sense id: en-Munsee-en-name-SDRG3BIC Disambiguation of Languages: 77 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 95 5 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 95 5

Noun

IPA: /ˈmʌn.si/ Forms: Munsees [plural], Munsee [plural]
Etymology: From Munsee mŭnúsunk (“at the island”), from munús (“island”). Compare Ojibwe minis (“island”), minising (“at the island”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|umu|mŭnúsunk||at the island}} Munsee mŭnúsunk (“at the island”), {{m|umu|munús||island}} munús (“island”), {{cog|oj|minis||island}} Ojibwe minis (“island”), {{m|oj|minising||at the island}} minising (“at the island”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|Munsee}} Munsee (plural Munsees or Munsee)
  1. A member of a subtribe and one of the three divisions of the Lenape people.
    Sense id: en-Munsee-en-noun-J0n8Ky9Z

Inflected forms

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