alemos

Abenaki

Etymology

Cognate to Penobscot alemos.

Noun

alemos (animate, plural alemosak)

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

     Unamihô alemoza.

     He sees the dog.

     Wa nolka unamiô alemoza.

     That deer sees the dog.

Synonyms

• adia

References

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

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Penobscot

Etymology

Cognate to Abenaki alemos.

Noun

alemōs

1. dog

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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Portuguese

Verb

alemos