nebi

See also: nebî and nebí

Abenaki

Etymology

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

Noun

nebi

1. water

Derived terms

• awighiganebi (“ink”)

Related terms

• nebes (“lake”)

References

• Joseph Laurent (1884) New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, Quebec: Leger Brousseau
• John Dyneley Prince (1902) “The Differentiation Between the Penobscot and the Canadian Abenaki Dialects”, in American Anthropologist, volume 4, pages 17–32

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛbɪ]

Noun

nebi

1. inflection of nebe:
   1. dative/locative singular
   2. instrumental plural

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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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Slovak

Noun

nebi

1. locative singular of nebo