Abenaki edit

Noun edit

wawilômwa anim (plural wawilômwak)

  1. bee
    • 2010, Jesse Bowman Bruchac, Joseph Alfred Elie Joubert, Jeanne A. Brink, L8dwaw8gan Wji Abaznodakaw8gan: The Language of Basket Making, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 25:
      Agma nidali namiha wawil8mwa wlito wawil8mwaiwazesa. Niga wskigid phanem pmossa sibok ta w'namiha tmakwa wlito kbenigan ta wigw8m. Daki agma pmossa kik8nek ta w'namih8 mskikoimensa m8jagoa nidali akik.

References edit

  • Joseph Laurent (1884) New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues: The First Ever Published on the Grammatical System, page 40:Wawilômwa. 4 A bee; a wasp. Kchi wawilômwa. A drone.