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

1. 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.

Derived terms

• alnôbawôgan

References

• Joseph Laurent (1884) New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, Quebec: Leger Brousseau, page 54