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

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

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