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Malecite-Passamaquoddy
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *ma·nθehsi (“flint, knife”). Cognate with Munsee máhlus (“flint”), Mi'kmaq mals, Unami mahëlës (“flint stone”),Massachusett môhshipsq (“flint stone”), Fox mâtethi (“knife”), Shawnee maanehθi (“knife”), Miami maalhsi (“knife”).
Noun
malsapsq inan (plural malsapskul, possessed malsapskum, locative malsapskuk, diminutive malsapsqis)
- flint
References
- Francis, David A. with Leavitt, Robert R. and Apt, Margaret (2008) “malsapsq”, in The Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Dictionary, The Passamaquoddy Language Preservation Project