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Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *meçkwesiwa (“he/she (animate) is red”). Cognate with Mohegan-Pequot musqisuw (“he/she is red”), Munsee máxksuw (“he/she is red”), Malecite-Passamaquoddy mqeyu (“he/she is red”), Ojibwe miskozi (“he/she is red”), Cree ᒥᐦᑯᓯᐤ (mihkosiw, “he/she is red”).
Verb
maxksu anim (plural màxksuwàk, participle màxksit, plural participle màxksichik)
- (animate, intransitive) he/she is red
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References
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “màxksu”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project