alnôba

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Abenaki[edit]

FWOTD – 19 March 2014

Etymology[edit]

Possibly cognate to sanôba (“man”) (Penobscot senabe (“man”)) and/or to Unami lënu (“man”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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.

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