alnôba
Abenaki
FWOTD – 19 March 2014
Etymology
Possibly cognate to sanôba (“man”) (Penobscot senabe (“man”)) and/or to Unami lënu (“man”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alnɔ̃ba/
Noun
alnôba
- human (particularly an Abenaki or other Native American)
- 1884, Joseph Laurent, New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, page 99:
- Wski alnôbao.
- He is a young man.
- Wski alnôbao.
- 1884, Joseph Laurent, New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, page 99:
Derived terms
References
- Joseph Laurent (1884) New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, Quebec: Leger Brousseau
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