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NEW FAMILIAR ABENAKIS AND ENGLISH DIALOGUES The first ever published on the grammatical system BY JOS. LAURENT, Abenakis Chief, 1884
MANKIND, KINDRED, ETC.
Kchai ta wski aln8ba
`The father and the son.'
(literally "the old and young man")
Kchi phanem ta wdosa
`The mother and the daughter.'
(literally "biggreat woman
and her daughter")
Al8gom8mek. `The relation.'
Nmit8gwes. `My father.'
Kmit8gwes. `Thy father.'
Wmit8gwsa. `His (her) father.'
Nigawes. `My mother.'
Wigawessa. `His (her) mother.'
Nmahom. `My grandfather.'
Nokemes. `My grandmother.'
Okemessa. `His (her) grandmother.'
Okemesw8. `Their grandmother.'
Niswiak. `My husband; my wife.'
Niswiakw. `Thy husband, thy wife.'
Niswiidiji. `His wife; her husband.'
Nzihlos. `My father-in-law.'
Nzegues. `My mother-in-law.'
Wazilmit or wazilmegoa. `My son-in-law.'
Nsem. `My daughter-in-law.'
Kalnegoa. `My god-father; my god-mother.'
Wskinnossis. `A lad, a little boy.'
N8kskuasis. `A young little girl.'
N8jikw. `My step-father; my uncle.'
Kokemis. `My step-mother; my aunt.'
Noses. `My grand-son, my grand-daughter.'
Osessa. `His (her) grand child.'
Nijia. `My brother'; (a term peculiar to a {male}.)
Nitsakaso. `My sister'; (term peculiar to a {female}.)
Nid8bso. `My brother'; (when the speaker is a {female}.)
Nid8bso. `My sister'; (when the speaker is a {male}.)
Nidokan. `My brother', (older than I.)
Nmessis. `My sister', (older than I.)
Nichemis. `My brother, my sister', (younger than I.)
Nn8jikw. `My uncle', (my father's brother.)
Nzasis. `My uncle', (my mother's brother,)
Nokem. `My aunt', (my father's sister.)
Nokemis. `My aunt', (my mother's sister.)
Nad8gwes. `My cousin',
The son of my father's sister, or of mother's brother.
Nad8gwseskua. `My cousin',
A term peculiar to a {male}, which signifies: `cousin of mine, the daughter of my father's sister: or of my mother's brother.'
Nad8gwsis. `My cousin',
A term peculiar to a {female}, which signifies: cousin of mine, the daughter of my father's sister, or of my mother's brother.'
Nad8gw. `My brother-in-law',
A term peculiar to a {male}, which signifies: `my wife's brother, my sister's husband.'
Nilem. `My sister-in-law'
A term which signifies: `my brother's wife, my wife's sister.'
Nad8gw. `My brother-in-law',
A term peculiar to a {female}, which signifies: `my husband's brother, my husband's sister.'
