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Munsee
Etymology
From Proto-Eastern Algonquian *kəkēhtāmin. from Proto-Algonquian *kekye·ʔta·mini.[1] Cognate with Unami kètam (“hazelnut”).
Noun
kéhtaam inan (plural kehtáamal)[2]
- hazelnut
References
- ^ 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 41
- ^ O'Meara, John (2014) “kéhtaam”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, →ISBN