Main Entry: Abe·na·ki

Pronunciation: \ˌa-bə-ˈnä-kē\

Variant(s): also Ab·na·ki \ab-ˈnä-kē\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural Abenaki or Abenakis also Abnaki or Abnakis

Etymology: Eastern Abenaki wαpánahki, Western Abenaki wǫbanakii, literally, dawn land people, easterners

Date: 1721

1 : a member of a group of American Indian peoples of northern New England and adjoining parts of Quebec
2 : either of the two Algonquian languages spoken by the Abenaki peoples