Abnaki

American  

[ab-nak-ee, -nah-kee] / æbˈnæk i, -ˈnɑ ki /

noun

plural

Abnakis,

plural

Abnaki

1. Abenaki.

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Abnaki British  

/ æbˈnɑːkɪ /

noun

1. a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in Maine and Quebec

2. the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family

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Example Sentences

In 'Agoncy' we have, I conjecture, another form of the Abnaki -kantti, and an equivalent of 'Acadie.'

From The Composition of Indian Geographical Names Illustrated from the Algonkin Languages by Trumbull, J. Hammond (James Hammond)

In 1646 went on an expedition to the Abnaki tribes of Maine, who had become interested in Christianity through converts of the Sillery mission.

From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various

In the Abnaki, asiem nebi, 'il puise de l'eau;' and ned-a'sihibe, 'je puise de l'eau, fonti vel fluvio.'

From The Composition of Indian Geographical Names Illustrated from the Algonkin Languages by Trumbull, J. Hammond (James Hammond)

Râle gives this as the name of one of the Abnaki villages on or near the river 'Aghenibekki.'

From The Composition of Indian Geographical Names Illustrated from the Algonkin Languages by Trumbull, J. Hammond (James Hammond)

Abnaki I. A letter dated December 15, 1879, from H.L.

From Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-1880, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 263-552 by Mallery, Garrick