mahëlës
Unami
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *maˑnθehsi (“flint, knife”). Cognate with Munsee máhlus (“flint”), Mi'kmaq mals, Malecite-Passamaquoddy malsapsq (“flint stone”), Massachusett môhshipsq (“flint stone”), Fox mâtethi (“knife”), Shawnee maanehθi (“knife”), Miami maalhsi (“knife”).
Noun
mahëlës inan
- flint, flintstone
References
- Rementer, Jim; Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “mahëlës”, in Leneaux, Grant; Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project