English

Alternative forms

• (Eastern Abenaki) Abnaki
• (Western Abenaki) Wabnaki
• (Abenaki confederacy) Waponahki

Proper noun

Abenaki

1. An Algonquian First People from northeastern North America, mainly Maine and Quebec. [early 18th century]^[1]

   The Abenaki have unique customs.

2. A complex of Eastern Algonquian lects, originally spoken in what is now Maine, and Quebec, divided into Western Abenaki and Eastern Abenaki (Penobscot). [early 20th century]^[1]
3. (in particular) The Western Abenaki language.

Translations

Noun

Abenaki ‎(plural Abenakis or Abenaki)

1. A member of this Algonquian First People. [early 18th century]^[1]

   Two Abenakis greeted him.‎

2. collective plural of Abenaki.

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Adjective

Abenaki ‎(not comparable)

1. Related or pertaining to the Abenaki people or language. [early 19th century]^[1]

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See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Abenaki terms

References

1. 1 2 3 4 5 Lesley Brown, editor (1933) The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, published 2003, page 3
2. ↑ “Abenaki” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
3. ↑ “Abenaki” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Anagrams

• ikebana
• in a bake

Portuguese

Noun

abenaki m (plural abenakis)

1. Abenaki (a member of an Algonquian tribe of North America)