nebi

See also: nebî

Abenaki

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *nepyi (compare Ojibwe nibi (nipi)), from Proto-Algic *nepiʔi (“water”).

Noun

nebi

  1. water

Derived terms

References
  • Joseph Laurent (1884) New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, Quebec: Leger Brousseau
  • John Dyneley Prince, The Differentiation Between the Penobscot and the Canadian Abenaki Dialects, in the American Anthropologist, volume 4 (1902)

Penobscot

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *nepyi, from Proto-Algic *nepiʔi (“water”).

Noun

nebi

  1. water

References
  • 1902, J. Dyneley Prince, The Differentiation Between the Penobscot and the Canadian Abenaki Dialects, in the American Anthropologist, volume 4
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