meemeekush

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Munsee[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from reduplicated Dutch mekken, mekkeren (“to bleat”) +‎ -ush (diminutive suffix).[1] Cognate with Unami mèkis (“sheep”).

Noun[edit]

meeméekush anim (plural meeméekshak, diminutive meeméekshush, obviative meeméekshal)[2]

  1. sheep

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “mèkis”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project
  2. ^ O'Meara, John (2014) “meeméekush”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, →ISBN
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