Abenaki
US/ˌæbəˈnæ.ki/
Abenaki noun: a member of an Algonquian First People from northeastern North America, mainly Maine and Quebec.
Noun
Abenaki (plural Abenakis or Abenaki)
- A member of an Algonquian First People from northeastern North America, mainly Maine and Quebec.
- The Abenaki could also be brave warriors, but like most hunter-gatherers they probably did not go looking for trouble.2000, Jan Albers, Hands on the Land: A History of the Vermont Landscape, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 57
Proper noun
Abenaki
- A complex of Eastern Algonquian lects, originally spoken in what is now Maine, and Quebec, divided into Western Abenaki and Eastern Abenaki (Penobscot).
- The Western Abenaki language.
- The manuscript was written in 1750 by Father Joseph Aubery, a Jesuit priest from France assigned to the Saint-François-de-Sales Roman Catholic mission from 1709 until he died in 1756. It's one of the few and earliest documents available in Aln8ba8dwaw8gan, the Abenaki language.2019 July 20, Ka’nhehsí:io Deer, “Restoration of 18th-century choir book in Abenaki language may help revitalization efforts”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2022
Adjective
Abenaki (not comparable)
- Related or pertaining to the Abenaki people or language.
- I am to walk left, westward on the Abenaki trail which I will know by the sapling bent into the earth with one sprout growing skyward.2008, Toni Morrison, A Mercy, Chatto & Windus, page 37
Abenaki meaning in Marathi
Abenaki in Marathi
- member of the Algonquian people
- आबेनाकी ābenākī
- language
- आबेनाकी ābenākī
- related to the Abenaki people or language
- आबेनाकी ābenākī
Forms of Abenaki
| plural | Abenakis |
|---|---|
| plural | Abenaki |
| alternative form | Abnaki |
| alternative form | Wabnaki |
| alternative form | Waponahki |
Origin of Abenaki
From French abénaquis, either from Montagnais ouabanākionek (“people of the eastern country”) or from the Western Abenaki autonym Wôbanaki (whence also the English calque Dawnland) or an Eastern Abenaki/Penobscot cognate of the same, from Algonquin. Ultimately a compound word meaning "people of the east" or "people of the dawn-land", from Proto-Algonquian *wa·panki (“dawn”) + *askyi (“land”).
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Questions about Abenaki
- What does Abenaki mean?
- Abenaki means a member of an Algonquian First People from northeastern North America, mainly Maine and Quebec.
- What is Abenaki in Marathi?
- Abenaki in Marathi is आबेनाकी (ābenākī). See Abenaki meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is Abenaki?
- Abenaki can be a noun, a proper noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce Abenaki?
- Abenaki is pronounced /ˌæbəˈnæ.ki/ (US).
- What is the plural of Abenaki?
- The plural of Abenaki is Abenakis.
Words near Abenaki in the dictionary
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