alemos

Abenaki

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *aθemwa (“dog”). Cognate to Penobscot alemos.

Noun

alemos (animate, plural alemosak)

1. dog
   • 1902, J. Dyneley Prince, The Differentiation Between the Penobscot and the Canadian Abenaki Dialects, in the American Anthropologist, volume 4:

     Unamihô alemoza.

     He sees the dog.

     Wa nolka unamiô alemoza.

     That deer sees the dog.

Synonyms

• adia

References

• Joseph Laurent (1884) New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, Quebec: Leger Brousseau, page 35

Penobscot

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *aθemwa (“dog”). Cognate to Abenaki alemos.

Noun

alemōs

1. dog

References

• J. Dyneley Prince (1902) “The Differentiation Between the Penobscot and the Canadian Abenaki Dialects”, in American Anthropologist (in Penobscot), volume 4

Portuguese

Verb

alemos

1. inflection of alar:
   1. first-person plural present subjunctive
   2. first-person plural imperative