alemos
Abenaki
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *aθemwa (“dog”). Cognate to Penobscot alemos.
Noun
alemos (animate, plural alemosak)
- 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.
- 1902, J. Dyneley Prince, The Differentiation Between the Penobscot and the Canadian Abenaki Dialects, in the American Anthropologist, volume 4:
Synonyms
References
- Joseph Laurent (1884) New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, Quebec: Leger Brousseau, page 35
Penobscot
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *aθemwa (“dog”). Cognate to Abenaki alemos.
References
- J. Dyneley Prince (1902) “The Differentiation Between the Penobscot and the Canadian Abenaki Dialects”, in American Anthropologist (in Penobscot), volume 4
Portuguese
Verb
alemos
- inflection of alar:
- first-person plural present subjunctive
- first-person plural imperative
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