matguas

Abenaki

Etymology

Cognate to Mohegan-Pequot tuksáhs, Malecite-Passamaquoddy mahtoqehs

Noun

matguas anim

1. rabbit

Alternative forms

• mateguas

References

• Western Abenaki Dictionary online, "matguas"
• 1884, Joseph Laurent, New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues: The First Ever Published on the Grammatical System, pages 36, 165:

  Mateguas. 1 A hare; a rabbit. [...] N'namihôôb mateguas. I saw a hare. K'namihôôb &c. Thou sawest &c.