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Gros Ventre en · NOUN

Etymology

From French gros ventre (“big belly”).

Meanings

  1. A member of a historically Algonquian-speaking Native American tribe in north central Montana.

Forms

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Synonyms

Aaniiih · White Clay · A'aninin · Aaniinen · Atsina

Gros Ventre en · PROPN

Etymology

From French gros ventre (“big belly”).

Meanings

  1. Their language, an Algonquian language.
    • Persons who have some knowledge of the language often talk about the language with each other; usually the conversation concerns how some particular thing was called in Gros Ventre, or how one would translate some English concept into Gros Ventre. 1992, Allan R. Taylor, “Problems in obsolescence research”, in Nancy C. Dorian, editors, Investigating Obsolescence: Studies in Language Contraction and Death, Cambridge University Press, page 171:

Synonyms

Aaniiih · White Clay · Atsina