nomehs

Malecite-Passamaquoddy

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *name·ʔsa.

Noun

nomehs anim (plural nomehsok, diminutive nomehsis)

1. fish

References

• Francis, David A. with Leavitt, Robert R. and Apt, Margaret (2008) “nomehs”, in The Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Dictionary, The Passamaquoddy Language Preservation Project