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Innu en · NOUN

Etymology

From Montagnais Innu, from inniw (“man”), from Proto-Algonquian *erenyiwa. Not related to Inuit. This replaced the term Montagnais as the primary name of the people since 1990, but it remains in use officially to refer to its subgroups.

Meanings

  1. A member of this people

Forms

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Innu Number=Plur lexicographic
Innus Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (3)

fr Innu (people — see also Montagnais) · moe Innu (people — see also Montagnais) · moe Ilnu (people — see also Montagnais)

Innu en · PROPN

Etymology

From Montagnais Innu, from inniw (“man”), from Proto-Algonquian *erenyiwa. Not related to Inuit. This replaced the term Montagnais as the primary name of the people since 1990, but it remains in use officially to refer to its subgroups.

Meanings

  1. An Algonquian First Nations people inhabiting most of northeastern Labrador and parts of Quebec in eastern Canada.
  2. The Montagnais language.

Synonyms

Innu-aimun · Montagnais

Translations (7)

moe Innu-aimun (language — see also Montagnais) · fr innu (language — see also Montagnais) · moe Nehilaw (people — see also Montagnais) · fr Innu (people — see also Montagnais) · moe Innu (people — see also Montagnais) · fr innu-aimun (language — see also Montagnais) · moe Ilnu (people — see also Montagnais)