Maliseet

发音

/ˈmæləˌsiːt/

词形变化

Maliseets 复数 Maliseets

别名

Malecite

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A member of an Algonquian-speaking Native American people of the Wabanaki Confederacy, indigenous to the Saint John River valley and its tributaries, crossing the borders of New Brunswick and Quebec in Canada, and Maine in the United States.

name
  1. 1.

    The Algonquian language of these people, a dialect of Malecite-Passamaquoddy.

词源

From Mi'kmaq Malesse'jik (“broken talkers”) — the Mi'kmaq perceived the Maliseet as speaking a broken version of Mi'kmaq.

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