mamalis

Unami

Etymology

Cognate with Mahican mãamãanith (“fawn, young deer”).

Noun

mamalis anim (plural mamalisàk)

  1. fawn, baby deer

References
  • Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “mamalis”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project
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