Incense "joss" is derived from the Latin "deus" (god) via the Portuguese "deos" through the Javanese "dejos", through Chinese pidgin English. The raw materials are powdered and then mixed together with a binder to form a paste, which, for direct burning incense, is then cut and dried into pellets. Incense of the Athonite Orthodox Christian tradition is made by powdering frankincense or fir resin, mixing it with essential oils. Floral fragrances are the most common, but citrus such as lemon is not uncommon. The incense mixture is then rolled out into a slab approximately 1 cm thick and left until the
Pidgin Delaware origin, even though they were recorded in traditional Munsee territory in the greater New York area. For example, the Pidgin word "cacheus" 'crazy, drunk' was recorded from an Esopus sachem on the Hudson River in 1658; this word is from Unami "kí·wsu" 'he is drunk'. The corresponding Munsee word is the completely different "waní·sə̆məw" Similarly, the Pidgin expression "rancontyn marinit", also recorded as "rancontyn marenit" 'make peace' was recalled by David de Vries as having been used by Delawares near Lewes, Delaware in 1632, and also near Rockaway, Long Island in 1643, the latter being in Munsee territory. The Pidgin