alnôba

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Abenaki

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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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