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Munsee
Etymology
From Proto-Eastern Algonquian *paxkəši·kan, from Proto-Algonquian *paθk-eš-i·kan-i.[1] Equivalent to páxkshum (“to cut through”) + -íikan (instrumental suffix). Cognate with Unami paxkshikàn (“knife”), Mahican xíikan (“knife”).
Noun
paxkshíikan (paxkshí·kan) inan (plural paxkshíikanal)[2][3]
- knife
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
- ^ Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “paxkshíikan”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project
- ^ O'Meara, John (2014) “paxkshiikan”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, →ISBN