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Etymology
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Ultimately from Proto-Algonquian *nepyi (“water”). Cognate with Abenaki nbes (“lake”).
Noun
mbíisus (mbí·səs) inan (plural mbíissal, locative mbíissung)[1]
- lake
References
- ^ O'Meara, John (2014) “mbiisus”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, →ISBN